Application of nanoparticles to increase biological hydrogen production: the difference in metabolic pathways in batch and continuous reactors.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9884939 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1479-487X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09593330 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Environ Technol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 2008- : Oxford : Taylor & Francis
      Original Publication: London : Publications Division, Selper Ltd., 1990-
    • Subject Terms:
      Hydrogen*/metabolism ; Bioreactors* ; Fatty Acids, Volatile*/metabolism ; Fermentation*; Clostridium butyricum/metabolism ; Anaerobiosis ; Metal Nanoparticles/chemistry ; Nickel/chemistry ; Nickel/metabolism ; Metabolic Networks and Pathways ; Iron/metabolism ; Iron/chemistry ; Nanoparticles/chemistry
    • Abstract:
      An alternative to improve the production of biorefinery products, such as biohydrogen (H 2 ) and volatile fatty acids (VFA), is the combination of nanotechnology and biological processes. In order to compare the use of both processes in two different reactor configurations, batch reactors and continuous anaerobic fluidized bed reactors (AFBR) were studied under the same conditions (37°C, pH 6.8, Clostridium butyricum as an inoculum and glucose as a substrate) to evaluate the influence of zero valence iron and nickel nanoparticles (NPs) on H 2 and VFA production. There was a shift in the production of acetic and butyric acids to produce mainly valeric acid when NPs were added in batch reactors. Meanwhile, in AFBR the change was from lactic acid to butyric and acetic acids with the addition of NPs. It showed that the effect of NPs on the fermentation process was different when the configuration of batch and continuous reactors was compared. The H 2 yield in both reactor configurations increased with the addition of NPs. In batch reactors from 6.6 to 8.0 mmol H 2 g -1 of COD and in AFBR from 4.9 to 6.2 mmol of H 2 g -1 of COD. Therefore, given the simplicity and low cost of the synthesis of metallic NPs, it is a promising additive to optimize the fermentation process in different reactor configurations.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: AFBR reactor; Clostridium butyricum; biohydrogen; fermentative process; volatile acids
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20230502 Date Completed: 20240520 Latest Revision: 20240520
    • Publication Date:
      20240520
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/09593330.2023.2208274
    • Accession Number:
      37129278