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http://dx.doi.org/10.4014/kjmb.1404.04001

Biological Hydrogen Production from Mixed Waste in a Polyurethane Foam-sequencing Batch Reactor  

Lee, Jung-Yeol (Global Top 5 Research Program, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University)
Wee, Daehyun (Global Top 5 Research Program, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University)
Cho, Kyung-Suk (Global Top 5 Research Program, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University)
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Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters / v.42, no.3, 2014 , pp. 307-311 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the effects of polyurethane foam on continuous hydrogen production from mixed wastes. Molasses was co-fermented with non-pretreated sewage sludge in a sequencing batch reactor. The results indicated that the addition of polyurethane foams as a microbial carrier in the reactor mitigated biomass loss at HRT 12 h, while most of the biomass was washed out during the operation period with no carrier. There was a stable hydrogen production rate of $0.4L-H_2/l/d$ in the carrier-sequencing batch reactor. Suspended biomass in the carrier-reactor indicated it possessed the highest specific hydrogen production rate ($241{\pm}4ml-H_2/g\;VSS/d$) when compared to that of biomass on the surface ($133{\pm}10ml-H_2/g\;VSS/d$) or inner carrier ($95{\pm}14ml-H_2/g\;VSS/d$).
Keywords
Co-digestion; hydrogen production; polyurethane foam; sequencing batch reactor;
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