Biohydrogen production

The use of such natural hydrogen production machines in combination with the natural process of photosynthesis is the topic of an international NEDO project for the development of a semiartificial device for hydrogen production. On the occasion of the second meeting of all groups involved in this project, an international symposium on Biohydrogen was organized in Kyoto 2002. The state of the art of biohydrogen production from participants of this symposium is summarized in the chapters of this book. 

Han, S.-K., Shin, H.-S. 2004. Biohydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation of food waste. Int J Hydrogen Energy 29 569-577. 

Levin, D.B., Pitt, L., Love, M. 2004. Biohydrogen production prospects and practical application. Int J Hydrogen Energy 29 173-185. 

Hydrogen produced by microalga and bacteria is biohydrogen (Benemann, 1998). There are currently no practical biohydrogen production processes. However, several concepts have promise for near to long-term process development (Benemann, 1998). 

Sung, S. 2004. Biohydrogen production Ifom renewable organic wastes. Final Technical Report. Iowa State University, Ames, lA. 

Fig. 10.1 A schematic diagram for biohydrogen production from cellulose/starch containing agricultural wastes and food industry wastewaters...

Karapinar Kapdan, I., Kargi. 2006. Biohydrogen production from waste materials. Enzyme Miero-bial Technol 38 569-582. 

BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY ANAEROBIC BIOLOGICAL FERMENTATION OF AGRICULTURE WASTE... 

Abstract Efficient conversion of com stalk wastes into biohydrogen gas by microorganisms was reported for the first time. Batch tests were carried out to analyze influences of several environmental factors on biohydrogen production from com stalk wastes. The maximum yield of hydrogen 58.6 ml H2/g TVS was observed at 100 h, the value is about 22-fold as compared with that of raw com stalk wastes. The results indicated that the HC1 pretreatment of the substrate plays a key role in the conversion of the com stalk wastes into biohydrogen. 

Keywords biohydrogen production, com stalk wastes, biological fermentation 1. Introduction... 

Chang, F. Y., and Lin, C. Y. 2004. Biohydrogen production using an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 29, 33-39. 

Duangmanee, T., Chyi, Y., and Sung, S. 2002a. Biohydrogen production in mixed culture anaerobic fermentation. Quebec, Canada Proc. 14th World Hydrogen Energy Conf. 

Fang, H. H. P., Li, C., and Zhang,T. 2006. Acidophilic biohydrogen production from rice slurry. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 31, 683-692. 

Khanal, S. K., Chen, W. H., Li, L., and Sung, S. 2006. Biohydrogen production in continuous flow reactor using mixed microbial culture. Water Environ. Res., 78 (2), 110-117. 

Kyazze, G., Martinez-Perez, N., Dinsdale, R., Premier, G. C., Hawakes, F. R., Guwy, A. J., and Hawkes, D. L. 2005. Influence of substrate concentration on the stability and yield of continuous biohydrogen production. Biotech. Bioeng., 93, 971-979. 

Ren, N., Li, I, Li, B., Wang, Y., and Liu, S. 2006. Biohydrogen production from molasses by anaerobic fermentation with a pilot-scale bioreactor system. Int. J. Hydrogen... 

Van Ginkel, S., and Logan, R. E. 2005. Inhibition of biohydrogen production by undissociated acetic and butyric acids. Environ. Sci. Technol., 39, 9351-9356. 

---