A BACTERIUM CONSORTIUM, BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND A PROCESS FOR QUICK AND RAPID ESTIMATION OF BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND

摘要

The present invention deals with a device for quick estimation of biochemical oxygen demand of beverage waste water. This device consists of an immobilized microbial membrane attached to an electrode, multimeter and a laptop workstation installed with a developed software. BOD measurement of beverage waste water using this device is rapid, reproducible and effective as compared to conventional titration based methods. This device also excludes COD estimation as required for BOD estimation of waste water. This bio-electrochemical device may find wide commercial application in beverage industries emanating waste waters.