Valorization of chestnut shells for hydrogen production by Clostridium butyricum fermentation

Moura, Patrícia; Morana, A.; Paixão, Susana M.; Alves, Luís; Maurelli, L.; Ionata, E.; La Cara, F.

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Chestnut shell s (CS) is an agronomic waste generated from the peeling process of the chestnut fruit. It is well-known that the extract of CS contains high amounts of tannins, which are polyphenolic antioxidants1, but this agronomic residue also contains about 36% sugars in form of polysaccharides, and no utilization of chestnut shells as potential source of fermentable sugars has been considered so far. As consequence, this waste represents an interesting exploitable source for monosaccharides production, and in this study we evaluated the potential of biohydrogen production from CS hydrolyzate.

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Hydrogen production Waste valorization

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Moura, P.; Morana, A.; Paixão, S.M.; Alves, L.; Maurelli, L.; Ionata, E.; La Cara, F. Valorization of chestnut shells for hydrogen production by Clostridium butyricum fermentation. In: 35th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Book of Abstracts, Portland, EUA, 29 April - 2 May, 2013