This study aimed at finding applicable tools for favouring dark fermentation application in full-scale biogas plants in the next future. Firstly, the focus was obtaining mixed microbial cultures from natural sources (soil-inocula and anaerobically digested materials), able to efficiently produce bio-hydrogen by dark fermentation. Batch reactors with proper substrate (1gLglucose-1) and metabolites concentrations, allowed high H 2 yields (2.8±0.66molH 2molglucose-1), comparable to pure microbial cultures achievements. The application of this methodology to four organic substrates, of possible interest for full-scale plants, showed promising and repeatable bio-H 2 potential (BHP=202±3NL H2kgVS-1) from organic fraction of municipal source-separated waste (OFMSW). Nevertheless, the fermentation in a lab-scale CSTR (nowadays the most diffused typology of biogas-plant) of a concentrated organic mixture of OFMSW (126g TSL -1) resulted in only 30% of its BHP, showing that further improvements are still needed for future full-scale applications of dark fermentation.
Looking for practical tools to achieve next-future applicability of dark fermentation to produce bio-hydrogen from organic materials in Continuously Stirred Tank Reactors / A. Tenca, A. Schievano, S. Lonati, L. Malagutti, R. Oberti, F. Adani. - In: BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0960-8524. - 102:17(2011), pp. 7910-7916.
Looking for practical tools to achieve next-future applicability of dark fermentation to produce bio-hydrogen from organic materials in Continuously Stirred Tank Reactors
A. Tenca;A. Schievano;S. Lonati;L. Malagutti;R. Oberti;F. Adani
2011
Abstract
This study aimed at finding applicable tools for favouring dark fermentation application in full-scale biogas plants in the next future. Firstly, the focus was obtaining mixed microbial cultures from natural sources (soil-inocula and anaerobically digested materials), able to efficiently produce bio-hydrogen by dark fermentation. Batch reactors with proper substrate (1gLglucose-1) and metabolites concentrations, allowed high H 2 yields (2.8±0.66molH 2molglucose-1), comparable to pure microbial cultures achievements. The application of this methodology to four organic substrates, of possible interest for full-scale plants, showed promising and repeatable bio-H 2 potential (BHP=202±3NL H2kgVS-1) from organic fraction of municipal source-separated waste (OFMSW). Nevertheless, the fermentation in a lab-scale CSTR (nowadays the most diffused typology of biogas-plant) of a concentrated organic mixture of OFMSW (126g TSL -1) resulted in only 30% of its BHP, showing that further improvements are still needed for future full-scale applications of dark fermentation.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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