Fermentative biohydrogen production in fixed bed reactors using ceramic and polyethylene carriers as supporting material

Gopalakrishnan Kumar; Germán Buitrón

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.121

Fermentative biohydrogen production in fixed bed reactors using ceramic and polyethylene carriers as supporting material

Gopalakrishnan Kumar, Germán Buitrón

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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In this study, hydrogen fermentation of glucose in fixed bed reactors using polyethylene (thin and less porous) and ceramic (thick and high porous) material as a support for biofilm formation has been investigated. The results showed that thick porous biofilm developed by ceramic carriers favored the growth of more amount of biomass; however, accelerating the formation of propionic acid and resulting in a lower hydrogen production. In contrast, and interestingly, polyethylene material has supported the formation of thin biofilm and allowed higher hydrogen production performance. The glucose consumption was more than 97% in both the cases. The maximum productivity was achieved in the case of polyethylene material supported reactor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	743-748
Number of pages	6
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	142
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.121
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	9th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE 2017 - Cardiff, United Kingdom Duration: 2017 Aug 21 → 2017 Aug 24

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The financial support granted by o“F ndo de Sustentabilidad Energética SENER – CONACYT (Mexico)”, through the project 247006 Gaseous Biofuels Cluster, is gratefully acknowledged. The technical assistance of Gamaliel Hernández, Gloria Moreno and Jaime Pérez is acknowledged.

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Fermentative biohydrogen production in fixed bed reactors using ceramic and polyethylene carriers as supporting material

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