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Simultaneous coproduction of hydrogen and methane from sugary wastewater by an "aCSTRH-UASBMet" system

  • Bing Wang
  • , Yongfeng Li*
  • , Dexin Wang
  • , Ruina Liu
  • , Zhigang Wei
  • , Nanqi Ren
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Northeast Forestry University

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Abstract

A two-phase "ACSTRH-UASBMet" system has been investigated at the stepwise decreased HRT for the simultaneous production of hydrogen and methane in this study. Hydrogen could be continuously produced from the two-phase hydrogen fermentation of sugary wastewater in ACSTR and effluents from hydrogen fermentation were converted into methane in UASB reactor. At optimum conditions (HRTH: 5 h, HRTMet: 15 h), the highest hydrogen production rate of 5.69 (±0.06) mmol L-1 h-1 was obtained from sugary wastewater and methane was continuously produced from effluents of hydrogen fermentation with a production rate of 3.74 (±0.13) mmol L-1 h-1. The total bioenergy recovery by coproduction of hydrogen and methane from sugary wastewater reached 19.37 W and a total of 92.41% of substrate was converted to the biogas (hydrogen and methane) with two-phase anaerobic fermentation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7774-7779
Number of pages6
JournalInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume38
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Jun 2013

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

  • Bioenergy recovery
  • Hydrogen production rate
  • Methane production rate
  • Sugary wastewater
  • Two-phase anaerobic fermentation process

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