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Fed batch production of hydrogen from palm oil mill effluent using anaerobic microflora


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Yassin, Atif A. A. and Ahmadun, Fakhru'l-Razi and Ma, Ah Ngan and Morimoto, Masayoshi and Iyuke, Sunny Esayegbemu and Veziroglu, Nejat T. (2005) Fed batch production of hydrogen from palm oil mill effluent using anaerobic microflora. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 30 (13-14). pp. 1393-1397. ISSN 0360-3199; ESSN: 1879-3487

Abstract

Anaerobic production of hydrogen from palm oil mill effluent (POME) by microflora was investigated in 5-l bioreactor at 60 °C and pH 5.5. POME sludge was collected from the anaerobic pond of a POME treatment plant at a palm oil mill and used as a source of inocula. A batch reactor was found to yield a total of 4708 ml H2H2/(l POME) and the maximum evolution rate was 454 ml-H2H2/(l POME h). A fed batch process was conducted after 50 h. Two liters of reaction medium was removed and 2 l of fresh POME was added to the reactor every 24 h (15 times). The reproducibility of the fed batch process checked by changing the feeding time every 8 h (10 times). A yield of 2382 ml H2H2/(l POME) and 2419 ml H2H2/(l POME) at maximum evolution rate of 313 ml H2H2/(l POME h) and 436 ml H2H2/(l POME h) were obtained, respectively. Throughout the study, methane gas was not observed in the evolved gas mixture.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2004.10.002
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: POME; POME sludge; Production of hydrogen; Microflora
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2015 07:04
Last Modified: 17 Sep 2015 07:05
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40355
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