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Hydrogen production from acidic, alkaline, and steam-exploded Bambusa stenostachya hydrolysates in dark fermentation process

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Bambusa stenostachya Hack. was subjected to two pretreatment methods including hydrothermal pretreatment and steam explosion methods for evaluating their feasibility hydrolysis to obtain sugars. Batch cultivation by a mixture of microorganisms isolated from sludge in 48 h was carried out to investigate the influence of these pretreatment methods on hydrogen production under sterile conditions. The sugar production yields by sulfuric acid (ST), phosphoric acid (PT), sodium hydroxide (HT), and ammonia (AT) solutions in an autoclave at 121 °C were 42%, 25%, 10%, and 5%, respectively. Steam explosion of raw bamboo (SE) and bamboo treated with 0.8% sulfuric acid (SES) at 230 °C for 3 min had 23% and 72% of the total sugar derived from bamboo carbohydrates, respectively. The maximum cumulative hydrogen yields were 798 (mL H2/L culture) of ST, 545.9 (mL H2/L culture) of PT, 76.7 (mL H2/L culture) of HT, 43.7 (mL H2/L culture) of AT, 204.4 (mL H2/L culture) of SE, and 1055.8 (mL H2/L culture) of SES. Ammonia solution could remove 73.6% lignin in biomass compared to 6.5% of ST, 8.3% of PT, 51.9% of HT, 14.7% of SE, and 32.4% of SES. The integration of acid and steam explosion process had enhanced hydrogen fermentation efficiency directly from bamboo biomass hydrolysate, which could be considered a desirably potential procedure for large-scale applications.

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    Ngan Hue Dai, Trung Thanh Vo, Loan Phung My Le & Man Van Tran

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Highlights

• The effects of hydrolysis agents in various treating techniques on Bambusa stenostachya biomass were investigated.

• Sulfuric acid–assisted steam exploding had been proven to be a powerful pretreatment method for carbohydrate solubilization.

• Effective fermentation with maximum hydrogen content in biogas was 34% and produced 1155 mL hydrogen per liter of medium.

• The highest hydrogen yield was 1.70 mol hydrogen per 1 mol of glucose equivalent.

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Dai, N.H., Vo, T.T., Le, L.P.M. et al. Hydrogen production from acidic, alkaline, and steam-exploded Bambusa stenostachya hydrolysates in dark fermentation process. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 12, 3435–3446 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-01128-8

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