Continuous fermentative hydrogen production from a wheat starch co‐product by mixed microflora

Biotechnology and Bioengineering - Tập 84 Số 6 - Trang 619-626 - 2003
I HUSSY1,2,3, Freda R. Hawkes1,2,3, Richard M. Dinsdale1,2,3, D.L. Hawkes4
1School of Applied Sciences, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan CF37 1DL, United Kingdom
2fax: + 44 1443 482285
3telephone: + 44 1443 480480
4School of Technology, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan CF37 1DL, United Kingdom

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AbstractFor the transition to the hydrogen economy, hydrogen must be produced sustainably, e.g., by the fermentation of agricultural material. Continuous fermentative production of hydrogen from an insoluble substrate in nonsterile conditions is yet to be reported. In this study hydrogen production using mixed microflora from heat‐treated digested sewage sludge in nonsterile conditions from a particulate co‐product of the wheat flour industry (7.5 g L−1 total hexose) at 18‐ and 12‐hour hydraulic retention times, pH 4.5 and 5.2, 30°C and 35°C was examined. In continuous operation, hydrogen yields of approximately 1.3 moles hydrogen/mole hexose consumed were obtained, but decreased if acetate or propionate levels rose, indicating metabolism shifted towards hydrogen consumption by homoacetogenesis or propionate producers. These shifts occurred both at pH 4.5 and 5.2. Sparging the reactor with nitrogen to reduce hydrogen in the off‐gas from 50% to 7% gave stable operation with a hydrogen yield of 1.9 moles hydrogen /mole hexose consumed over an 18‐day period. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 84: 619–626, 2003.

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Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Tập 84 Số 6

619-626

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