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Biohydrogen Production as a Function of pH and Substrate Concentration
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The conversion of organics in wastewaters into hydrogen gas could serve the dual role of renewable energy production and waste reduction. The chemical energy in a sucrose rich synthetic wastewater was recovered as hydrogen gas in this study. Using fractional factorial design batch experiments, the effect of varying pH (4.5-7.5) and substrate concentration (1.5-44.8 g COD/L) and their interaction on hydrogen gas production were tested. Mixed bacterial cultures obtained from a compost pile, a potato field, and a soybean field were heated to inhibit hydrogen-consuming methanogens and to enrich sporeforming, hydrogen-producing acidogens. It was determined that the highest rate (74.7 mL H2/(L*h)) of hydrogen production occurred at a pH of 5.5 and a substrate concentration of 7.5 g COD/Lwith a conversion efficiency of 38.9 mL H2/(g COD/L). The highest conversion efficiency was 46.6 mL H2/(g COD/L).
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- Ginkel, S. V., Sung, S., & Lay, J.-J.
- Venue
- Environmental Science & Technology
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2001-11-02
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 24
- Pages
- 4726-4730
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- 0013-936X (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5851
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- W2064165487
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- 734
- References
- 9
- FWCI
- 56.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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