Abstract
Biohydrogen has been mostly produced from microorganisms and can be subdivided into three major categories: biophotolysis of water using green algae or cyanobacteria (blue green algae), photodecomposition of organic compounds using photosynthetic bacteria, and dark fermentation from organic wastes or energy crops using fermentative bacteria. This chapter focuses on the methods and principles for biohydrogen production and describes the prospects of combining biohydrogen production systems with fuel cell technology. Fermentative hydrogen production is influenced by many factors such as inoculums, medium composition, cofactors, reactor type, temperature, and pH. Biohydrogen technologies should obtain high hydrogen production rates that are sufficient to power fuel cells for practical applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Bioprocessing Technologies in Biorefinery for Sustainable Production of Fuels, Chemicals, and Polymers |
| Publisher | wiley |
| Pages | 263-278 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118642047 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780470541951 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Biohydrogen
- Biophotolysis
- Dark fermentation
- Fermentative bacteria
- Fuel cell technology
- Microorganisms
- Photodecomposition
