Biohydrogen production from molasses by anaerobic fermentation with a pilot-scale bioreactor system

Nanqi Ren; Jianzheng Li; Baikun Li; Yong Wang; Shirui Liu

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.02.011

Biohydrogen production from molasses by anaerobic fermentation with a pilot-scale bioreactor system

Nanqi Ren^*
, Jianzheng Li
, Baikun Li
, Yong Wang
, Shirui Liu

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Environment

Pennsylvania State University
Harbin Institute of Technology

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A pilot-scale study of biohydrogen production was performed in a continuous flow anaerobic fermentation reactor (with an available volume of 1.48 m³) for over 200 days. The hydrogen bio-producing reactor (HBR) system was operated under the organic loading rates (OLR) of 3.11-85.57 kg COD/m³reactor/d (COD: chemical oxygen demand) with molasses as the substrate. Both biogas and hydrogen yields increased with OLR at the range of 3.11-68.21 kgCOD / m³ d, but decreased at high OLR (68.21-85.57 kg COD/m³reactor/d). The biogas was mainly composed of CO₂ and H₂ with the percentage of H₂ ranging from 40% to 52% in biogas. A maximum hydrogen production rate of 5.57 m³ H₂ / m³ reactor / d, with a specific hydrogen production rate of 0.75 m³ H₂ / kg MLVSS / d, was obtained in the reactor. The hydrogen yield reached 26.13 mol / kg COD_removed within OLR range of 35-55 kg COD/m³reactor/d. In addition, it was found that the hydrogen yield was affected by the presence of ethanol and acetate in the liquid phase, and the maximum hydrogen production rate occurred while the ratio of ethanol to acetate was close to 1, due to the adjustment of NAD⁺ / (NADH + H⁺) through fermentation pathways. Ethanol-type fermentation was favorable for hydrogen production.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2147-2157
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	31
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.02.011
State	Published - Dec 2006

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Keywords

Acetic acid
Anaerobic fermentation
Biohydrogen
Continuous flow
Ethanol
Hydrogen production rate
NADH
Organic loading rate
Pilot-scale

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Biohydrogen production from molasses by anaerobic fermentation with a pilot-scale bioreactor system

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