Converting biowaste into sustainable bioenergy through various processes

MR Hasan, N Anzar, P Sharma, SJ Malode… - Bioresource Technology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Problems with waste management arise daily due to the continuous production of biowaste.
Conventional waste management practices encompass a range of methodologies, including …

The Gompertz model and its applications in microbial growth and bioproduction kinetics: Past, present and future

J Wang, X Guo - Biotechnology Advances, 2024 - Elsevier
The Gompertz model, initially proposed for human mortality rates, has found various
applications in growth analysis across the biotechnological field. This paper presents a …

Biological hydrogen production: effects of pH and intermediate products

SK Khanal, WH Chen, L Li, S Sung - International journal of hydrogen …, 2004 - Elsevier
A series of batch tests were conducted to investigate the effects of pH and intermediate
products on biological hydrogen production. The tests were run in serum bottles to …

Ammonia inhibition on thermophilic anaerobic digestion

S Sung, T Liu - Chemosphere, 2003 - Elsevier
This study evaluated both chronic and acute toxicity of ammonia in thermophilic anaerobic
digestion of synthetic wastewater over a range of acclimation concentrations. The inhibition …

Feasibility of biological hydrogen production from organic fraction of municipal solid waste

JJ Lay, YJ Lee, T Noike - Water research, 1999 - Elsevier
Organic municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and two seed microorganisms, namely heat-
pretreated digested sludge and hydrogen-producing bacteria enriched from soybean-meal …

Enhanced biohydrogen production from cornstalk wastes with acidification pretreatment by mixed anaerobic cultures

ML Zhang, YT Fan, Y Xing, CM Pan, GS Zhang… - Biomass and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Biohydrogen production from the cornstalk wastes with acidification pretreatment was
reported in this paper. Batch tests were carried out to analyze influences of several …

Biohydrogen generation by mesophilic anaerobic fermentation of microcrystalline cellulose

JJ Lay - Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Sixteen batch experiments were performed to evaluate the stability, kinetics, and metabolic
paths of heat‐shocked digester (HSD) sludge that transforms microcrystalline cellulose into …

Ammonia inhibition on thermophilic aceticlastic methanogens

T Liu, S Sung - Water science and technology, 2002 - iwaponline.com
The inhibition effects of total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) on aceticlastic methanogenic activity
using biomass from thermophilic anaerobic reactors were investigated in this study …

Hydrogen and methane production by co-digestion of waste activated sludge and food waste in the two-stage fermentation process: substrate conversion and energy …

X Liu, R Li, M Ji, L Han - Bioresource Technology, 2013 - Elsevier
Batch experiments were conducted to produce hydrogen and methane from waste activated
sludge and food waste by two-stage mesophilic fermentation. Hydrogen and methane …

Optimization of initial substrate and pH levels for germination of sporing hydrogen-producing anaerobes in cow dung compost

Y Fan, C Li, JJ Lay, H Hou, G Zhang - Bioresource Technology, 2004 - Elsevier
Biohydrogen production by anaerobic microbes enriched from heat-shocked cow dung
compost was studied by using an artificial medium containing sucrose. Initial pH and …