Rangasamy Parthiban

Management of Industrial Tannery Solid Waste for Biogas Production: Anaerobic Digestion, Structuring, Feasibility Studies, Laboratory Scale Demonstration Rangasamy Parthiban

Tanneries in India play a significant role in the national economic development programme. Leather tanning units are however identified as major segment of environmental pollution and included in the category of hazardous industries. This book therefore, provides the detailed information on the tanning industry in India and the environmental related issues affecting the leather industry, leather processing, sources of pollution and the need for anaerobic digestion process for Leather industry. This book highlights the efficacies of the facilities for controlling pollution along with bio-energy production technologies of solid waste management to adapt by tanneries are analyzed with studies involving various operating conditions.