Biological hydrogen production by dark fermentation: challenges and prospects towards scaled-up production.

Abstract:

:Among different technologies of hydrogen production, bio-hydrogen production exhibits perhaps the greatest potential to replace fossil fuels. Based on recent research on dark fermentative hydrogen production, this article reviews the following aspects towards scaled-up application of this technology: bioreactor development and parameter optimization, process modeling and simulation, exploitation of cheaper raw materials and combining dark-fermentation with photo-fermentation. Bioreactors are necessary for dark-fermentation hydrogen production, so the design of reactor type and optimization of parameters are essential. Process modeling and simulation can help engineers design and optimize large-scale systems and operations. Use of cheaper raw materials will surely accelerate the pace of scaled-up production of biological hydrogen. And finally, combining dark-fermentation with photo-fermentation holds considerable promise, and has successfully achieved maximum overall hydrogen yield from a single substrate. Future development of bio-hydrogen production will also be discussed.

journal_name

Curr Opin Biotechnol

authors

RenNanqi,GuoWanqian,LiuBingfeng,CaoGuangli,DingJie

doi

10.1016/j.copbio.2011.04.022

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-06-01 00:00:00

pages

365-70

issue

3

eissn

0958-1669

issn

1879-0429

pii

S0958-1669(11)00085-1

journal_volume

22

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