Assessment of the adequacy of different Mediterranean waste biomass types for fermentative hydrogen production and the particular advantage of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) pulp

Ortigueira, Joana; Silva, Carla M.; Moura, Patrícia

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Assessment of the adequacy of different Mediterranean waste biomass types for fermentative hydrogen production and the particular advantage of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) pulp

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dc.contributor.author	Ortigueira, Joana
dc.contributor.author	Silva, Carla M.
dc.contributor.author	Moura, Patrícia
dc.date.accessioned	2018-09-07T13:27:40Z
dc.date.available	2018-09-07T13:27:40Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	ABSTRACT: The conversion of agro-industrial byproducts, residues and microalgae, which are representative or adapted to the Mediterranean climate, to hydrogen (H2) by C. butyricum was compared. Five biomass types were selected: brewery’s spent grain (BSG), corn cobs (CC), carob pulp (CP), Spirogyra sp. (SP) and wheat straw (WS). The biomasses were delignified and/or saccharified, except for CP which was simply submitted to aqueous extraction, to obtain fermentable solutions with 56.2e168.4 g total sugars L 1. In small-scale comparative assays, the H2 production from SP, WS, CC, BSG and CP reached 37.3, 82.6, 126.5, 175.7 and 215.8 mL (g biomass) 1, respectively. The best fermentable substrate (CP) was tested in a pH-controlled batch fermentation. The H2 production rate was 204 mL (L h) 1 and a cumulative value of 3.9 L H2 L 1 was achieved, corresponding to a H2 production yield of 70.0 mL (g biomass) 1 or 1.6 mol (mol of glucose equivalents) 1. The experimental data were used to foresight a potential energy generation of 2.4 GWh per year in Portugal, from the use of CP as substrate for H2 production.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Ortigueira, Joana; Silva, Carla; Moura, Patrícia. - Assessment of the adequacy of different Mediterranean waste biomass types for fermentative hydrogen production and the particular advantage of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) pulp. In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2018, Vol. 43, p. 773-7783	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	0360-3199
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/3050
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Elsevier	pt_PT
dc.relation	POSEUR-01-1001-FC-000001	pt_PT
dc.relation	FOREVAR - Food Waste Reduction and Valorisation
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.03.024	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Microalgal biomass	pt_PT
dc.subject	Dark fermentation	pt_PT
dc.subject	Carob pulp	pt_PT
dc.subject	Clostridium butyricum	pt_PT
dc.subject	Hydrogen production	pt_PT
dc.subject	Waste valorization	pt_PT
dc.title	Assessment of the adequacy of different Mediterranean waste biomass types for fermentative hydrogen production and the particular advantage of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) pulp	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.title	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	pt_PT
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