1. Continuous Hydrogen Production in a Novel Photo-Bioreactor with High Light Conversion Efficiency
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Yi Ning Wu, Ya Ruo Jin, Chao Ma, and Qing Fen Cui
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Light conversion efficiency ,Waste management ,Chemical engineering ,Hydrogen ,Chemistry ,Light energy ,General Engineering ,Bioreactor ,Photobioreactor ,Biomass ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Rhodopseudomonas faecalis ,Hydrogen production - Abstract
A novel disk photo-bioreactor was employed to produce hydrogen continuously byRhodopseudomonas faecalisRLD-53. The ability of hydrogen production was investigated in different feeding times and HRTs. The maximum total hydrogen yield in the photo-bioreactor reached 2.68 mol H2/mol acetate at 48h HRT and 4d feeding time. Experimental results indicated that feeding times and HRTs are two key factors determined biomass in the photo-bioreactor and hydrogen production capacity. Moreover, the photo-fermentation hydrogen production is strongly dependent on light energy supply, the light conversion efficiency of the novel photo-bioreactor was 1.6%, it is higher than that that of most of reported photobioreactors. Therefore, these results demonstrated that the disk photo-bioreactor was a useful and efficient reactor in entire continuous hydrogen production.
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- 2014
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