Fermentative H2 production from food waste: parametric analysis of factor effects
A. Polettini
;R. Pomi;G. De Gioannis;A. Muntoni;D. Spiga
2019-01-01
Abstract
Factorial fermentation experiments on food waste (FW) inoculated with activated sludge (AS) were conducted to investigate the effects of pH and the inoculum-to-substrate ratio (ISR [g VSAS/g TOCFW]) on biohydrogen production. The two parameters affected the H2 yield, the fermentation rate and the biochemical pathways. The minimum and maximum yields were 41 L H2/kg TOCFW (pH = 7.5, ISR = 1.74) and 156–160 L H2/kg TOCFW (pH = 5.5, ISR = 0.58 and 1.74). The range of carbohydrates conversion into H2 was 0.37–1.45 mol H2/mol hexose, corresponding to 9.4–36.2% of the theoretical threshold. A second-order predictive model for H2 production identified an optimum region at low pHs and high ISRs, with a theoretical maximum of 168 L H2/kg TOCFW at pH = 5.5 and ISR = 1.74. The Spearman’s correlation method revealed several relationships between the variables, suggesting the potentially governing metabolic pathways, which turned out to involve both hydrogenogenic pathways and competing reactions.File | Size | Format | |
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