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BIOCEN Summer School Valladolid 2011 Work group : Krzysztof Piotrowski Student group :

Technological strategies for biohydrogen production. BIOCEN Summer School Valladolid 2011 Work group : Krzysztof Piotrowski Student group : Natalia Alonso-Movilla Christoph Krüger Lina Glittmann Inka Mella Agnieszka Korus Ewa Borowska. Contents. Introduction Fermentative process

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  1. Technological strategies for biohydrogen production BIOCEN SummerSchool Valladolid 2011 Workgroup: KrzysztofPiotrowski Studentgroup: Natalia Alonso-Movilla ChristophKrüger Lina Glittmann InkaMella AgnieszkaKorus EwaBorowska

  2. Contents • Introduction • Fermentativeprocess • Feedstock • Bioreactors • Kinetics • Adaptation of existingplants

  3. Hydrogen – General information • Energy carrier • Clean fuel: No CO2 emissions • Used in fuel cells • High energy yield: 122 kJ/g • More orless 3 times greaterthanhydrocarbonfuels • Producedfrom a wide variety of primary energy sources • 5 % fromrenewablessources

  4. European hydrogen infrastructure and production • Europeandistribution of hydrogen demonstration projects Source: www.roads2hy.com

  5. Role of hydrogen in the future • Keytechnology for future sustainable energy supply. Source: Int. J. Hydrogen Energ 2010; 74:16-26

  6. Hydrogen from biomass • Pathways from biomass to hydrogen: • Fermentativetechnologies can contributeto a futuresustainablehydrogeneconomy Source: Int. J. Hydrogen Energ 2010; 74:16-26

  7. Raw materials for biohydrogenproduction Categorized as: Lignocellulosicbiomass (i.e. grass, wood, straw), Starchy biomass (i.e. potato, cereals, food, starch-based wastewater), Sucrose containing biomass (i.e. sugar beet, sugar cane, sweet sorghum), Waste oil (POME),

  8. Characteristic data of selected kinds of biomass. Source: Journal of cleanerproduction, Raw materials for fermantativeproduction.

  9. In Castile and Leon… • Agriculture-basedeconomy. • Main sourse of organicwaste: • swine manure, poultry manure, cow manure, • fruit wastes, industry (winery, wood). • The crops cultivated: • cereals (Wheat), • legume, • sunflower.

  10. Estimated production yields of anaerobic reactors treating agricultural waste. Source: Hydrogenproductionfromagrocultural waste by darkfermentation: review.

  11. Factors influencingfermentativebiohydrogen production

  12. CulturepH • Influence on • hydrogenase activity • metabolism pathway

  13. Hydraulic retention time • Depends on differentmetabolisms • Inhibitsor terminatesmethanogenesis • Rangesfrom a fewminutes to severalhours

  14. Hydrogen partial pressure • Hydrogenpartial pressure ↗ Hydrogenyield ↘ • Excessof thehydrogen must be removedfrom the system to maintain hydrogen production • Solution: loweringdissolved H2with N2

  15. Nutrients • Necessary supplements: nitrogen, phosphate and other inorganic species • NorgbetterthanNinorg • Excessof phosphate may favor VFAs and hydrogen production over solvents production • Inorganicions: Mg2+, Na+, Zn2+, Fe2+

  16. Temperature • Mesophilicrange (around 37 0C) and thermophilicrange (around 55 0C) • T↗improvement of hydrogen production, T↗ ↗ (out of therange)decrease in hydrogen production

  17. Seed culture • Clostridium and Enterobacter are themost widely used as inoculum • Problem of pureculturesormixedcultures • Mixedcultures aremore practical Clostridium bifermentans (spores) Source: http://bacterioweb.univ-fcomte.fr/

  18. Kinetic model • Mathematical models based on experiments • Description of reaction processes conditions influence of inhibitors /activators • generalized  Application in similar reactions

  19. Gompertz model Type of mathematical model for time-dependend functions Here: Kinetic model for Batch fermentative H2-production processes Source: Int. J. (2009) 33:13-23 • Describesthecumulative H2-Production (H) overthecultivation time t • the lag time (λ) stands for the period until the Production starts • The slope (Rm) describes the Production rate • The maximum potential production (P) is described by the upper Asymptote lag time (λ) slope (Rm) Max. potential production (P)

  20. Gompertz model Advantages • Accurate • Easy to adopt • Universal • Constants have biological meaning  better understanding of a process • Widely used H(t)=H2-production in ml over cultivation time (t) in h P=Potential (ml) Rm=Rate (ml/h) λ =Lag time (h) e=Euler‘sNumber (e = 2.71828...) Rm e P H(t) - t λ P Source: Int. J. (2009) 33:13-23

  21. H2fromglucosebatchfermentationParameter • Temperature : Best 41°C // cost-effective 35°C • Cultivation: pH 7 // enhancement: pH 3 • Withoutsludgepreacidification • Pretreatmenttostopmethanogens: BSR: “bacterial stress respond-mechanism" • Best treatment methods: chemical acidification Text: Appl M. Biot. (2002) 58:224-228 Text: Appl M. Biot. (2006) 72:635-643 Abb.: Int. J. (2006) 78:0-5

  22. H2fromglucosebatchfermentationResults • Clostridiumbutyricum • No methane production • H2 yield below the yields of pure Clostridium cultures • Example cattle manure: • H2 yield: up to 430ml/g VSS • Lag time: around 8h • Rate: 35 ml/h Appl M. Biot. (2006) 72:635-643

  23. Sucrose/Food waste/NFDM results • Variation: Substrate concentration • Low pH <4 : inhibition • Productivity depends on substratesconcentration • organic acids Int. J. (2006) Wen-Hsing Chen

  24. Starch/glycerol results • Variation: different Inoculum • no production from oil • Sludge influences starch • Activated inoculum (better • 1,3 propanediol from glycerol Int. J. (2009) Yohei Akutsu

  25. Glycerolresults • Variable: Sludge concentration • By-products: butyric acid, acetic acid and 1.3 propanediol • low concentration 1,16 g VSS/L • No limitation from nitrogen

  26. Glycerol results Int. J. (2009) K. Seifert

  27. Bioreactors used for biohydrogen production

  28. Anaerobicdigestion plant a/b/c: Vertical, completely-stirred tank reactor (a/b: mechanical stirring; c: biogasmixing),

  29. Anaerobicdigestion plant d/e: Horizontalplug-flowreactor (mechanicalstirring)

  30. Biogasplants for hydrogenproduction – newpossibilities…

  31. Hydrogen production in the biogas plant

  32. Hydrogenproducers • Species for mesophilicfermentation - Clostridium (C.pasteurianum, C.saccharobutylicum, C. butyricum), Enterobacter (E. aerogenes) and Bacillus • Species for thermophilicfermentation – Thermoanaerobacteriumthermosaccharolyticum, Caldicellulosiruptor (C. saccharolyticus, C. thermocellum), Bacillus thermozeamaize

  33. Hydrogenyielddepends on: • Feedstocktype • Processconditions • Reactor construction • Presence of H2 consumers and metabolic competitors

  34. H2consumers and thetreatmentmethods

  35. Homoacetogenic bacteria • Anaerobic microorganisms which catalyze the formation of acetate from H2 and CO2. • They decrease significantly the hydrogen yield. Hydrogen is consumed by acetogenic bacteria. • Prevention method: • Heating pretreatment –do not remove some Clostridium • Operating parameters e.g. removing CO2

  36. H2 consumers and thetreatmentmethods

  37. Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) • The most efficientbiochemicalreactionusinghydrogen involves the sulfate/nitrate-reducing microorganisms. • Under sulfate-rich conditions – hydrogen (also CO2 and VFA)isimmediately consumed. • Prevention method: maintain pH lower than 6

  38. H2 consumers and thetreatmentmethods

  39. Methanogens (MPB) • Main hydrogen consumers • Prevention methods: • Chemical inhibition – Bromoethanesulfonate (BES), acetylene and chloroform. Not environmental friendly and too expensive. • Low pH maintaining – most methanogens can growonly at pH between 6-8. In absence of pH control during a batch process, an acidic initial pH is strongly recommended. • Heat treatment of the inoculum– 100ᵒC for 10 min – methanogens do not sporulateand do not survive such conditions. The most common treatment. • Short hydraulic retention time – methanogensareunable to create biofilm because of a low growh rate so they can be washed out of the reactor. In most cases – retention time less than 6h.

  40. Metabolic competitors

  41. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) • Replacement of hydrogen fermentation by lactic acid fermentation. • Prevention method: increaseinthetemperature above 50ᵒC. • Growth of LAB can be limited only in thermophilic fermentation.

  42. HydrogenvsMethane… Heatvalue per mass unit H2 CH4 141.88MJ/kg 52.21MJ/kg

  43. But… Heatvalue per volume unit H2 CH4 12,84MJ/m3 40,78MJ/m3

  44. Yield… swine manure food waste H2 209ml/gVS 196ml/gVS CH4 266ml/gVS 229ml/gVS

  45. Efficiencyvsecology • Hydrogenyield and heatvalue per volumeislowerthanmethane – less energy can be obtainfrombiomass. BUT… • Hydrogencombustiondoes not contribute air contamination – theonlyproduct of thereactionis WATER.

  46. Recomention of biohydrogen plant for Castile and Leon region. • Agriculturaldomination of wheatwithmaincomponentglucose. • Optimalconditions: pH 6, temperature 35 0C, process time up to 60 h. • Type of inocculum: Clostridiumbutyricum • Preteatmentmethod: • Bioreactor: possibility of adaptation of existingbiogas plant for biohydrogenproduction.

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