Integrated hydrogen production process from cellulose by combining dark fermentation, microbial fuel cells, and a microbial electrolysis cell

Aijie Wang; Dan Sun; Guangli Cao; Haoyu Wang; Nanqi Ren; Wei Min Wu; Bruce E. Logan

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2010.10.137

Integrated hydrogen production process from cellulose by combining dark fermentation, microbial fuel cells, and a microbial electrolysis cell

Aijie Wang, Dan Sun, Guangli Cao, Haoyu Wang, Nanqi Ren, Wei Min Wu, Bruce E. Logan

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Hydrogen gas production from cellulose was investigated using an integrated hydrogen production process consisting of a dark fermentation reactor and microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as power sources for a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC). Two MFCs (each 25mL) connected in series to an MEC (72mL) produced a maximum of 0.43V using fermentation effluent as a feed, achieving a hydrogen production rate from the MEC of 0.48m ³ H ₂/m ³/d (based on the MEC volume), and a yield of 33.2mmol H ₂/g COD removed in the MEC. The overall hydrogen production for the integrated system (fermentation, MFC and MEC) was increased by 41% compared with fermentation alone to 14.3mmol H ₂/g cellulose, with a total hydrogen production rate of 0.24m ³ H ₂/m ³/d and an overall energy recovery efficiency of 23% (based on cellulose removed) without the need for any external electrical energy input.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4137-4143
Number of pages	7
Journal	Bioresource technology
Volume	102
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2010.10.137
State	Published - Mar 2011

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