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Biological hydrogen production from CO: Bioreactor performance

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Main Authors: Ku Syahidah, Ku Ismail, Ghasem, Najafpour, Habibollah, Younesi, Abdul Rahman, Mohamed, Azlina, Harun Kamaruddin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2009
Subjects:
Bioreactors
Hydrogen
Rhodospirillum rubrum
Synthesis gas
CO
Fossil fuels
Power resources
Renewable energy sources
Waste products as fuel
Photosynthetic bacteria
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/6675
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spelling my.unimap-66752009-08-04T08:58:58Z Biological hydrogen production from CO: Bioreactor performance Ku Syahidah, Ku Ismail Ghasem, Najafpour Habibollah, Younesi Abdul Rahman, Mohamed Azlina, Harun Kamaruddin Bioreactors Hydrogen Rhodospirillum rubrum Synthesis gas CO Fossil fuels Power resources Renewable energy sources Waste products as fuel Photosynthetic bacteria Link to publisher's homepage at www.elsevier.com This paper presents an alternative solution to the current problem faced by the world; diminishing of fossil fuel. Bioconversion of synthesis gas to hydrogen as clean fuel was catalyzed by a photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodospirillum rubrum. The clean fuel production was biologically mediated by the water–gas shift reaction in a 2 l bioreactor. The work performed was on agitation effects on hydrogen production, KLa and power consumption. The results show that 500 rpm was the suitable agitation rate to be employed. The hydrogen production was optimized at 0.44 ± 0.023 atm giving a KLa of 86.4 ± 3.5 h−1. The production rate was 9.6 mmol H2/h. The maximum light conversion efficiency at agitation speed of 800 rpm, light intensity of 500 lux (732 kW/m2) and 4 g/l inlet acetate concentration was about 10.84 ± 1.73%. At this condition, the maximum CO conversion efficiency was found to be 81 ± 5.6%. The ratio of power per volume was calculated to be 322.30 ± 12.14 kW/m3 and foaming problem was successfully avoided. The corresponding power consumption was estimated to be about 0.64 ± 0.03 kW, while the output hydrogen energy was determined to be 643.2 ± 26 kW. A prolonged operation of continuous hydrogen production employing a microsparger showed stable behaviour for a duration of 27 days. 2009-08-04T08:58:27Z 2009-08-04T08:58:27Z 2008-05-01 Article Biochemical Engineering Journal, vol.39 (3), 2008, pages 468-477. 1369-703X http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/1369703X http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6675 en Elsevier B.V.
institution Universiti Malaysia Perlis
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topic Bioreactors
Hydrogen
Rhodospirillum rubrum
Synthesis gas
CO
Fossil fuels
Power resources
Renewable energy sources
Waste products as fuel
Photosynthetic bacteria
spellingShingle Bioreactors
Hydrogen
Rhodospirillum rubrum
Synthesis gas
CO
Fossil fuels
Power resources
Renewable energy sources
Waste products as fuel
Photosynthetic bacteria
Ku Syahidah, Ku Ismail
Ghasem, Najafpour
Habibollah, Younesi
Abdul Rahman, Mohamed
Azlina, Harun Kamaruddin
Biological hydrogen production from CO: Bioreactor performance
description Link to publisher's homepage at www.elsevier.com
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author Ku Syahidah, Ku Ismail
Ghasem, Najafpour
Habibollah, Younesi
Abdul Rahman, Mohamed
Azlina, Harun Kamaruddin
author_facet Ku Syahidah, Ku Ismail
Ghasem, Najafpour
Habibollah, Younesi
Abdul Rahman, Mohamed
Azlina, Harun Kamaruddin
author_sort Ku Syahidah, Ku Ismail
title Biological hydrogen production from CO: Bioreactor performance
title_short Biological hydrogen production from CO: Bioreactor performance
title_full Biological hydrogen production from CO: Bioreactor performance
title_fullStr Biological hydrogen production from CO: Bioreactor performance
title_full_unstemmed Biological hydrogen production from CO: Bioreactor performance
title_sort biological hydrogen production from co: bioreactor performance
publisher Elsevier B.V.
publishDate 2009
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/6675
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