Role of Iron Concentration on Hydrogen Production Using Confectionery Wastewater
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 142, Issue 9
Abstract
Hydrogen has been recognized globally as an energy carrier that fulfills all the environmental quality, energy security and economic competitive demands. In the present study, batch experiments were performed using confectionery wastewater to examine the influence of initial substrate and iron concentrations on hydrogen production. For the different initial substrate concentrations of 1,000, 3,000, 5,000, 7,000, and , the obtained cumulative hydrogen production were 600, 1,325, 1,565, 1,825, and 915 mL, respectively. It was observed that the maximum cumulative hydrogen production of 1,825 mL was obtained at . On this basis, further experiments were intended to study the role of iron concentration on hydrogen production by varying the iron concentration from 0.0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20 to at constant of initial substrate concentration and initial pH of 5.5. It was inferred that the maximum cumulative hydrogen production of 2,475 mL was obtained at optimized conditions of , and pH of 5.5. PCR-DGGE and 16S rRNA analysis of dominant hydrogen producing microbes revealed that Corynebacterium kutscheri YMAU-13 played a wide role in fermentation of confectionery wastewater into hydrogen.
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Acknowledgments
The authors thank the authorities of the Annamalai University, India, for their help and support. One of the authors, Prof. P. Mullai, gratefully acknowledge the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, New Delhi, for funding this research project (MOES/MRDF-11/1/25/P/09-PC-III).
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Volume 142 • Issue 9 • September 2016
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Received: Dec 20, 2014
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Published online: Sep 14, 2015
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