Fermentative hydrogen production using algal biomass as feedstock

A Xia, J Cheng, W Song, H Su, L Ding, R Lin… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is considered as an ideal alternative to fossil fuels due to its high energy density
by mass and clean combustion product. Using anaerobic bacteria to ferment biomass and …

Coupling dark fermentation with biochemical or bioelectrochemical systems for enhanced bio-energy production: a review

ZMA Bundhoo - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Dark fermentation (DF) is one of the most commonly studied techniques for bio-hydrogen
production from biomass and waste materials. However, the relatively low H 2 yield has …

Improving fermentative hydrogen and methane production from an algal bloom through hydrothermal/steam acid pretreatment

J Cheng, L Yue, L Ding, YY Li, Q Ye, J Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Algal blooms can be harvested as renewable biomass waste for gaseous biofuel production.
However, the rigid cell structure of raw algae may hinder efficient microbial conversion for …

Product diversity linked to substrate usage in chain elongation by mixed-culture fermentation

M Coma, R Vilchez-Vargas, H Roume… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Acetate and ethanol can be converted to caproic acid by microorganisms through reverse β-
oxidation. There is limited insight into the versatility of chain elongation in view of different …

Low carbon renewable natural gas production from coalbeds and implications for carbon capture and storage

Z Huang, C Sednek, MA Urynowicz, H Guo… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Isotopic studies have shown that many of the world's coalbed natural gas plays are
secondary biogenic in origin, suggesting a potential for gas regeneration through enhanced …

Comparison in dark hydrogen fermentation followed by photo hydrogen fermentation and methanogenesis between protein and carbohydrate compositions in …

A Xia, J Cheng, R Lin, H Lu, J Zhou, K Cen - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
The thermodynamic comparison in dark fermentation between amino acids and reducing
sugars released from Nannochloropsis oceanica biomass are investigated for the first time …

Sequential production of hydrogen and methane using hemicellulose hydrolysate from diluted acid pretreatment of sugarcane straw

M Tomasini, M de Oliveira Faber… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sugarcane straw is not effectively used in the industry currently. However, sugarcane straw
hemicellulose hydrolyzate (HH) application as raw material for H 2 and CH 4 production is a …

Acidic and thermal pre-treatments for anaerobic digestion inoculum to improve hydrogen and volatile fatty acid production using xylose as the substrate

G Mockaitis, G Bruant, SR Guiot, G Peixoto, E Foresti… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Xylose is a by-product of lignocellulosic biomass processing for production of second-
generation biofuels and could be suitable for bioproduct manufacturing. This paper …

Process design and economic evaluation of integrated, multi‐product biorefineries for the co‐production of bio‐energy, succinic acid, and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) …

M Nieder‐Heitmann, K Haigh… - Biofuels, Bioproducts …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates whether a biorefinery, annexed to an existing sugar mill and co‐
producing succinic acid, polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), and electricity from sugarcane bagasse …

Enhancement of energy production efficiency from mixed biomass of Chlorella pyrenoidosa and cassava starch through combined hydrogen fermentation and …

A Xia, J Cheng, L Ding, R Lin, W Song, J Zhou, K Cen - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
To enhance energy production efficiency (EPE) from microalgae Chlorella pyrenoidosa
(CP), cassava starch (CS) was mixed with CP to optimise the carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratio and …