Optimizing hydrogen production from organic wastewater treatment in batch reactors through experimental and kinetic analysis
Optimizing hydrogen production from organic wastewater treatment in batch reactors through experimental and kinetic analysis
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.06.031
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发表时间:
2009-08
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
Y. Sharma;Baikun Li
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作者:
Y. Sharma;Baikun Li
Anaerobic hydrogen production from organic wastewater, an emerging biotechnology to generate clean energy resources from wastewater treatment, is critical for environmental and energy sustainability. In this study, hydrogen production, biomass growth and organic substrate degradation were comprehensively examined at different levels of two critical parameters (chemical oxygen demand (COD) and pH). Hydrogen yields had a reverse correlation with COD concentrations. The highest specific hydrogen yield (SHY) of 2.1mole H2/mole glucose was achieved at the lowest COD of 1g/L and decreased to 0.7mole H2/mole glucose at the highest COD of 20g/L. The pH of 5.5–6.0 was optimal for hydrogen production with the SHY of 1.6mole H2/mole glucose, whereas the acidic pH (4.5) and neutral pH (6.0–7.0) lowered the hydrogen yields. Under all operational conditions, acetate and butyrate were the main components in the liquid fermentation products. Additionally, a comprehensive kinetic analysis of biomass growth, substrate degradation and hydrogen production was performed. The maximum rates of microbial growth (μm) and substrate utilization (Rsu) were 0.03g biomass/g biomass/day and 0.25g glucose/g biomass/day, respectively. The optimum pH for the rate of hydrogen production ( [Formula: see text] ) and SHY were 5.89 and 5.74 respectively. Based on the kinetic analysis, the highest [Formula: see text] and SHY for batch-mode anaerobic hydrogen production systems were projected to be 13.7mL/h and 2.32mole H2/mole glucose.