TY - JOUR
T1 - Converting waste molasses liquor into biohydrogen via dark fermentation using a continuous bioreactor
AU - Lee, Kuo Shing
AU - Chen, Shin Liang
AU - Lin, Chiu Yue
AU - Chang, Jo Shu
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge financial supports from Concept Biotech Inc. and Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Grant no. CTU107-P-17). We also thank Miss Yen-Wen Liu for her assistance with the bioreactor operations.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/5/5
Y1 - 2021/5/5
N2 - This study investigated the effects of substrate concentration, HRT (hydraulic retention time), and pre-treatment of the substrate molasses on biohydrogen production from waste molasses (condensed molasses fermentation solubles, CMS) with a CSTR (continuously-stirred tank reactor). First, the hydrogen production was performed with various CMS concentrations (40–90 g COD/L, total sugar 8.7–22.6 g/L) with 6 h HRT. The results show that the maximal hydrogen production rate (HPR) occurred at 80 g COD/L substrate (19.8 g ToSu/L, ToSu: Total Sugar), obtaining an HPR of 0.417 mol/L/d. However, maximum hydrogen yield (HY) of 1.44 mol H2/mol hexose and overall hydrogen production efficiency (HPE) of 25.6% were achieved with a CMS concentration of 70 g COD/L (17.3 g ToSu/L). The substrate inhibition occurred when CMS concentration was increased to 90 g COD/L (22.6 g ToSu/L). Furthermore, it was observed that the optimal HPR, HY, and HPE all occurred at HRT 6 h. Operating at a lower HRT of 4 h decreased the hydrogen production performance because of lower substrate utilization efficiency. The employment of pre-heating treatment (60 °C for 1 h) of the substrate could markedly enhance the fermentation performance. With 6 h HRT and substrate pre-heating treatment, the HPE raised to 29.9%, which is 18% higher than that obtained without thermal pretreatment.
AB - This study investigated the effects of substrate concentration, HRT (hydraulic retention time), and pre-treatment of the substrate molasses on biohydrogen production from waste molasses (condensed molasses fermentation solubles, CMS) with a CSTR (continuously-stirred tank reactor). First, the hydrogen production was performed with various CMS concentrations (40–90 g COD/L, total sugar 8.7–22.6 g/L) with 6 h HRT. The results show that the maximal hydrogen production rate (HPR) occurred at 80 g COD/L substrate (19.8 g ToSu/L, ToSu: Total Sugar), obtaining an HPR of 0.417 mol/L/d. However, maximum hydrogen yield (HY) of 1.44 mol H2/mol hexose and overall hydrogen production efficiency (HPE) of 25.6% were achieved with a CMS concentration of 70 g COD/L (17.3 g ToSu/L). The substrate inhibition occurred when CMS concentration was increased to 90 g COD/L (22.6 g ToSu/L). Furthermore, it was observed that the optimal HPR, HY, and HPE all occurred at HRT 6 h. Operating at a lower HRT of 4 h decreased the hydrogen production performance because of lower substrate utilization efficiency. The employment of pre-heating treatment (60 °C for 1 h) of the substrate could markedly enhance the fermentation performance. With 6 h HRT and substrate pre-heating treatment, the HPE raised to 29.9%, which is 18% higher than that obtained without thermal pretreatment.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.02.101
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.02.101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85102436312
SN - 0360-3199
VL - 46
SP - 16546
EP - 16554
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IS - 31
ER -
