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Biohydrogen production by co-fermentation of starch wastewater and sludge under thermophilic condition

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Abstract

In this paper, the possibility and potential of biohydrogen production by co-fermentation of starch wastewater (SW) and WAS under thermophilic temperature was studied in batch fermentation tests. WAS was first pretreated by thermophilic enzyme together with low intensity ultrasound (LIU) to improve the biochemical degradability. Then After 8 h pretreatment, all soluble substances were much higher than raw sludge without pretreatment. In addition, the SCOD, carbohydrate and protein of the tests which were accelerated by low-frequency ultrasound were 11.5% 18.4%, 17.8% higher than the control, respectively. Results from the co-fermentation further demonstrated that the sludge had high pH buffering capacity. A mixing ratio of 1:1 was found to be the best among of all co-fermentation tests. Moreover it was proved in this study that hydrogen production by co-fermentation of starch wastewater and sludge was a promising technology to recovery energy from the waste.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApplied Energy Technology
Pages360-364
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2013 2nd International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection, ICEEP 2013 - Guilin, China
Duration: 19 Apr 201321 Apr 2013

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume724-725
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference2013 2nd International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection, ICEEP 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuilin
Period19/04/1321/04/13

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Co-fermentation
  • Hydrogen
  • Low intensity ultrasound (LIU)
  • S-TE (solubilization by thermophilic enzyme)
  • Thermophilic

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