Fermentative Hydrogen Production - Process Design and Bioreactors

• Authors: Małgorzata Waligórska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Substitution of fossil fuels with alternative energy carriers has become necessary due to climate change and fossil fuel shortages. Fermentation as a way of producing biohydrogen, an attractive and environmentally friendly future energy carrier, has captured received increasing attention in recent years because of its high H2 production rate and a variety of readily available waste substrates used in the process. This paper discusses the state-of-the-art of fermentative biohydrogen production, factors affecting this process, as well as various bioreactor configurations and performance parameters, including H2 yield and H2 production rate.

Keywords

EN

biohydrogen production; fermentation; bioreactors; operational parameters; hydrogen yields

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Chemical and Process Engineering
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 585-594

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2012

online

28 - 12 - 2012

Contributors

author

Małgorzata Waligórska

• A. Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, ul. Umultowska 89b, 61-614 Poznań, Poland

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DOI

10.2478/v10176-012-0048-4