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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 33, Issue 23, Pages 6968-6975Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.07.130
Keywords
Biohydrogen; Renewable energy; Anaerobic fermentation; Food waste
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- University of California, Davis
- California Energy Commission Public Research Interest Program (PIER)
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The effect of different food to microorganism ratios (F/M) (1-10) on the hydrogen production from the anaerobic batch fermentation of mixed food waste was studied at two temperatures, 35 +/- 2 degrees C and 50 +/- 2 degrees C. Anaerobic sludge taken from anaerobic reactors was used as inoculum. It was found that hydrogen was produced mainly during the first 44 h of fermentation. The F/M between 7 and 10 was found to be appropriate for hydrogen production via thermophilic fermentation with the highest yield of 57 ml-H-2/g VS at an F/M of 7. Under mesophilic conditions, hydrogen was produced at a lower level and in a narrower range of F/Ms, with the highest yield of 39 ml-H-2/9 VS at the F/M of 6. A modified Gompertz equation adequately (R-2 > 0.946) described the cumulative hydrogen production yields. This study provides a novel strategy for controlling the conditions for production of hydrogen from food waste via anaerobic fermentation. (C) 2008 International Association for Hydrogen Energy. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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