Hydrogen Production in the Anaerobic Treatment of Domestic-Grade Synthetic Wastewater
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Inoculum and Feedstock
2.2. Experimental Setup
2.3. Assays Conducted
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Hydrogen Production at Different Organic Loadings
Reactor Type | Substrate | Concentration (COD) | OLR (g COD/L·day) | Temp | HRT (Hrs) | Maximum Yield | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CSTR | Glucose | 7 g/L | 28 | 36 °C | 6 | 2.1 mol H2/mol glucose | [24] |
CSTR | Glucose | 20 g/L | 36 | 35 ± 1 °C | 13.3 | 1.63 mol H2/mol glucose | [21] |
UASBr | Glucose | 20 g/L | 90 | 35 ± 1 °C | 5.3 | 0.99 mol H2/mol glucose | [22] |
AFBR * | Glucose | 4 g/L | 48 | 30 ± 1 °C | 2 | 2.49 mol H2/mol glucose | [25] |
UAFBr | Glucose | 2 g/L | 24 | 25 °C | 2 | 1.51 mol H2/mol glucose | [20] |
CSTR | Glucose | 16 g/L | 48 | 37 °C | 8 | 1.12 mol H2/mol glucose | [This study] |
CSTR | Glucose | 1 g/L | 3 | 37 °C | 8 | 1.01 mol H2/mol glucose | [This study] |
3.2. Role of Operating pH on Hydrogen Production
3.3. Production of Volatile Fatty Acids at Different Organic Loading
3.4. COD Variation in the System
3.5. Organic Mass Balance
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contribution
Conflicts of Interest
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Paudel, S.; Kang, Y.; Yoo, Y.-S.; Seo, G.T. Hydrogen Production in the Anaerobic Treatment of Domestic-Grade Synthetic Wastewater. Sustainability 2015, 7, 16260-16272. https://doi.org/10.3390/su71215814
Paudel S, Kang Y, Yoo Y-S, Seo GT. Hydrogen Production in the Anaerobic Treatment of Domestic-Grade Synthetic Wastewater. Sustainability. 2015; 7(12):16260-16272. https://doi.org/10.3390/su71215814
Chicago/Turabian StylePaudel, Sachin, Youngjun Kang, Yeong-Seok Yoo, and Gyu Tae Seo. 2015. "Hydrogen Production in the Anaerobic Treatment of Domestic-Grade Synthetic Wastewater" Sustainability 7, no. 12: 16260-16272. https://doi.org/10.3390/su71215814