Direct Fermentative Hydrogen Production from Cellulose and Starch with Mesophilic Bacterial Consortia
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11. März 2020
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2020-015
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The main anaerobic bioreactions during hydrogen fermentation form glucose with corresponding standard Gibbs free energies_
ΔG° [kJ] | Eq. No. | |
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Reaction | ||
Acetate: C2H12O6 + 2H2O = > 2CH3COOH + 4H2 + 2CO2 | −206 | 1 |
Butyrate: C6H12O6 = > CH3CH2CH2COOH + 2H2 + 2CO2 | −254 | 2 |
Lactate: C6H12O6 = > 2CH3CHOHCOOH + H+ | −225.4 | 3 |
Ethanol: C6H12O6 = > 2CH3CH2OH + 2CO2 | −164.8 | 4 |
Hydrogen consuming reactions | ||
Homoacetogenesis: 4H2 + 2CO2 = > CH3COOH + 2H2O | −104 | 5 |
Methanogenic reactions: 4H2 + CO2 = > CH4 + 2H2O | −135 | 6 |
Sulfidogenic reactions: SO4 2- + 4H2 + H+ = > HS- + 4H2O | −152.2 | 7 |
Propionate production: C6H12O6 + 2H2 = > 2CH3CH2COOH + 2H2O | −279.4 | 8 |
Comparison of the hydrogen production processes using untreated cellulosic material at mesophilic conditions_
Inoculum | Inoculum pretreatment | Cellulosic substrate | Conc. [g/l] | Temp. [°C] | pH initial (final) | SRE [%] | Culture conditions | Main metabolites | HPR [ml/l-h] | H2 yield [mol H2/molhexose | Ref. |
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Sewage sludge digester | No pretreatment | Cellulose | 5.0 | 37 | 5.90 (5.90) | 61 | Continuous | 0.3 | 0.10 | Butyrate > acetate > valerate | ( |
Anaerobic digester sludge | 70°C (30 min) |
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13.5a | 37 | 5.5 (5.1) | NR | Batch | 5 | 0.13 | Propionate > butyrate > acetate | ( |
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No pretreatment | Carboxymethyl cellulose | 5 | 37 | 7.0 | 49 | Batch | 50.4 | 5.42d | Acetate > butyrate > ethanol | ( |
Cow dung compost | No pretreatment | Microcrystalline cellulose | 10 | 37 | 6.8 (4.2) | 55 | Batch | 33 | 2.09 | Acetate > butyrate > lactate = ethanol | ( |
Anaerobic digester sludge | No pretreatment | Carboxymethyl cellulose | 4 | 30 | 7.0 (NR) | NR | Batch | NR | 1.72d | Butyrate > acetate > ethanol > lactate | ( |
Anaerobic digester sludge | 100°C (20 min) | Microcrystalline cellulose | 5 | 32 | 6.0 (6.0) | 60 | Repeated fed-batch | 2.3 | 0.63–1.04 | Acetate > butyrate > propionate | This study |
Anaerobic digester sludge | 100°C (20 min) | Microcrystalline cellulose | 25 | 32 | 6.5 (5.7) | 82 | Batch | 3.94 | 0.97 | Acetate > ethanol | This study |
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No pretreatment | Microcrystalline cellulose | 10 | 35 | 7.0 (NR) | 83.2 | Batch | 7.5c | 0.53 | NR | ( |
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No pretreatment | Microcrystalline cellulose | 12 | 37–40 | 6.0 (NR) | 86 | Batch | NR | 1.7 | Ethanol > acetate > butyrate | ( |
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No pretreatment | Cellulose | 2 | 37 | 7.2 | 93 | Batch | 2.17 | 1.92 | Acetate > ethanol >lactate | (Gomez-Flores et al. |
Hydrogen and CO2 production, hydrogen yield, an average hydrogen production rate (HPR), substrate removal efficiency (SRE), and final pH in repeated batch processes from starch (S) and cellulose (C) with inoculum pretreated at 90 or 100°C_
Process | Cycle no. | Final H2 production [l/lmedium] | Final CO2 production [l/lmedium] | H2 yield [mol H2/molhexose] | Average HPR [ml H2/l/h] | SRE [%] | Final pH | Carbon recovered in metabolites [%] |
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S – 90°C | 1 | 0 | 0.478 ± 0.056 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 5.70 ± 0.12 | 81 |
2 | 0 | 0.484 ± 0.032 | 0 | 12.2 ± 1.1 | 100 | 5.16 ± 0.14 | 74 | |
C – 90°C | 1 | 0 | 0.42 ± 0.047 | 0 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 95 ± 3 | 5.50 ± 0.10 | 75 |
2 | 0 | 0.65 ± 0.038 | 0 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 94 ± 3 | 5.71 ± 0.07 | 87 | |
S – 100°C | 1 | 0.003 ± 0.001 | 0.607 ± 0.040 | 0.01 ± 0.001 | 4.4 ± 0.3 | 100 | 4.60 ± 0.11 | 81 |
2 | 1.175 ± 0.115 | 0.917 ± 0.079 | 1.60 ± 0.16 | 21.8 ± 2.0 | 100 | 5.05 ± 0.08 | 58 | |
3 | 1.121 ± 0.097 | 0.961 ± 0.050 | 1.53 ± 0.13 | 14.9 ± 1.2 | 100 | 5.90 ± 0.05 | 51 | |
4 | 1.167 ± 0.111 | 0.775 ± 0.074 | 1.59 ± 0.15 | 24.7 ± 2.2 | 100 | 5.05 ± 0.05 | 52 | |
5 | 1.298 ± 0.140 | 0.838 ± 0.086 | 1.77 ± 0.19 | 26.0 ± 1.9 | 100 | 5.05 ± 0.04 | 48 | |
6 | 1.200 ± 0.098 | 0.771 ± 0.059 | 1.63 ± 0.13 | 15.8 ± 1.2 | 100 | 5.05 ± 0.07 | 46 | |
C – 100°C | 1 | 0.093 ± 0.006 | 0.549 ± 0.061 | 0.14 ± 0.01 | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 90 ± 2 | 5.30 ± 0.12 | 75 |
2 | 0.314 ± 0.019 | 0.892 ± 0.056 | 0.48 ± 0.03 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 89 ± 1 | 5.95 ± 0.12 | 62 | |
3 | 0.007 ± 0.001 | 0.828 ± 0.097 | 0.01 ± 0.001 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 95 ± 2 | 5.63 ± 0.11 | 85 | |
4 | 0.201 ± 0.023 | 0.456 ± 0.035 | 0.33 ± 0.04 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 84 ± 3 | 5.40 ± 0.07 | 59 | |
5 | 0.253 ± 0.028 | 0.415 ± 0.047 | 0.39 ± 0.04 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 89 ± 4 | 5.52 ± 0.08 | 50 | |
C – 100°C (without SO/4 2-) | 1 | 0.585 ± 0.033 | 0.532 ± 0.042 | 0.97 ± 0.05 | 2.3 ± 0.2 | 82 ± 2 | 5.70 ± 0.04 | 56 |
2 | 0.410 ± 0.041 | 0.379 ± 0.028 | 0.71 ± 0.07 | 2.6 ± 0.3 | 79 ± 1 | 4.90 ± 0.05 | 39 | |
3 | 0.485 ± 0.026 | 0.323 ± 0.022 | 0.93 ± 0.05 | 1.3 ± 0.2 | 71 ± 3 | 4.95 ± 0.09 | 41 | |
4 | 0.135 ± 0.014 | 0.337 ± 0.023 | 0.23 ± 0.02 | 1.3 ± 0.2 | 80 ± 2 | 5.02 ± 0.07 | 54 |
Hydrogen yield in repeated fed-batch processes of hydrogen production from cellulose_
Inoculum | Hydrogen yield [mol H2/molhexose] after | |||
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1 feeding cycle | 2 feeding cycle | 5 feeding cycle | 9 feeding cycle | |
AS1 – pH 6.0 | 1.04 | 0.83 | 0.75 | 0.63 |
AS2 – pH 6.0 | 0.67 | 0.75 | 0.30 | – |
ES – pH 6.0 | 0.79 | 0.67 | 0.39 | 0.27 |