Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

A lab fermenter level study on anaerobic hydrogen fermentation using potato peel waste: effect of pH, temperature, and substrate pre-treatment

  • ORIGINAL ARTICLE
  • Published:
Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Decades have passed, facing the energy crisis and environmental pollution and researching various possible solutions to tackle them. The use of renewable sources and sustainable development processes is continuously under study to substitute conventional fossil fuels for environmental benefit. Amongst these, hydrogen is thought to be an ideal energy source with almost no hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide emissions and high energy output. Among the hydrogen production techniques, dark fermentation (DF) is a promising option for hydrogen production as it is less costly and has more energy recovery potential. The current study was designed to test the ability of kitchen waste, like potato peels, which is a common waste coming out of kitchens worldwide. The experiment demonstrates that the acidic pH of 4.5 at 40 °C yields maximum hydrogen in the bench-scale batch reactor. Hydrogen production from potato waste feedstock using sewage sludge inoculum has not been reported at this scale before. The actual results and their significance analysis by ANOVA also confirmed that fermentative hydrogen production from waste potato peels using sewage sludge inoculum is possible at a mesophilic temperature in a bench-scale batch fermenter.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig.1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Antonopoulou G, Gavala HN, Skiadas IV et al (2008) Biofuels generation from sweet sorghum: Fermentative hydrogen production and anaerobic digestion of the remaining biomass. Biores Technol 99:110–119

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Bharathiraja B, Sudharsanaa T, Bharghavi A et al (2016) Biohydrogen and Biogas – An overview on feedstocks and enhancement process. Fuel 185:810–828

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Bhurat KS, Banerjee T, Pandey JK, Belapurkar P (2020) Fermentative bio-hydrogen production using lignocellulosic waste biomass: a review Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy 2:249-264 doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s42768-020-00054-9

  4. Bhurat SS, Pandey S, Chintala V (2021) Combined effect of external mixture formation and cooled exhaust gas recirculation on engine performance and emissions characteristics of partially pre-mixed charged compression ignition engine. Environm Progress Sustain Energy 40:e13470

    Google Scholar 

  5. Bothi KL (2007) Characterization of biogas from anaerobically digested dairy waste for energy use. https://hdl.handle.net/1813/5329

  6. Cappai G, De Gioannis G, Muntoni A et al. (2015) Effect of inoculum to substrate ratio (ISR) on hydrogen production through dark fermentation of food waste. In: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium. CISA Publisher, Italy, S. Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy, pp 5–9

  7. Cappai G, De Gioannis G, Muntoni A et al (2018) Biohydrogen production from food waste: Influence of the inoculum-to-substrate ratio. Sustainability 10:4506

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Cheng J, Lin R, Ding L et al (2015) Fermentative hydrogen and methane cogeneration from cassava residues: effect of pretreatment on structural characterization and fermentation performance. Biores Technol 179:407–413

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Cheng J, Su H, Zhou J et al (2011) Hydrogen production by mixed bacteria through dark and photo fermentation. Int J Hydrogen Energy 36:450–457

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Diamantis VI, Kapagiannidis AG, Ntougias S et al (2014) Two-stage CSTR–UASB digestion enables superior and alkali addition-free cheese whey treatment. Biochem Eng J 84:45–52

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Dyundi S, Matolia S, Singla A et al (2019) Review on biodiesel production and emission characteristic of non-edible vegetable oil. IOP conference series. Mater Sci Eng 691:012024

    Google Scholar 

  12. Fang HH, Liu H (2002) Effect of pH on hydrogen production from glucose by a mixed culture. Biores Technol 82:87–93

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Gebrechristos HY, Chen W (2018) Utilization of potato peel as eco-friendly products: A review. Food Sci Nutr 6:1352–1356

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Ghimire A, Frunzo L, Pirozzi F et al (2015) A review on dark fermentative biohydrogen production from organic biomass: Process parameters and use of by-products. Appl Energy 144:73–95

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Ghosh D, Hallenbeck PC (2010) Response surface methodology for process parameter optimization of hydrogen yield by the metabolically engineered strain Escherichia coli DJT135. Biores Technol 101:1820–1825

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Girotto F, Lavagnolo MC, Acar G et al (2021) Bio-methane production from tomato pomace: preliminary evaluation of process intensification through ultrasound pre-treatment. J Mater Cycles Waste Manage 23:416–422

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Gómez-Montoya J-P, Cacua-Madero K-P, Iral-Galeano L et al (2013) Effect of biogas enriched with hydrogen on the operation and performance ofadiesel-biogas dualengine. CT&F-Ciencia, Tecnología y Futuro 5:61–71

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Gomez-Romero J, Gonzalez-Garcia R, Chairez I et al (2016) Continuous two-staged co-digestion process for biohydrogen production from agro-industrial wastes. Int J Energy Res 40:257–272

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Han W, Yan Y, Shi Y et al (2016) Biohydrogen production from enzymatic hydrolysis of food waste in batch and continuous systems. Sci Rep 6:38395

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Hassan GK, Hemdan BA, El-Gohary FA (2020) Utilization of food waste for bio-hydrogen and bio-methane production: influences of temperature, OLR, and in situ aeration. J Mater Cycles Waste Manag 2:1218–1226

  21. Júnior ADNF, Wenzel J, Etchebehere C et al (2014) Effect of organic loading rate on hydrogen production from sugarcane vinasse in thermophilic acidogenic packed bed reactors. Int J Hydrogen Energy 39:16852–16862

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Keskin T, Abubackar HN, Arslan K et al (2019) Biohydrogen production from solid wastes. In: Biohydrogen, vol 2. Elsevier, pp 321–346. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-64203-5.00012-5

  23. Kim DH, Kim SH, Jung KW et al (2011) Effect of initial pH independent of operational pH on hydrogen fermentation of food waste. Biores Technol 102:8646–8652

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Kossmann W, Pönitz U (2011) Biogas digest: volume I-biogas basics. In:Information and advisory service on sppropriate technology, vol 1. pp 1-46

  25. Kotay SM, Das D (2008) Biohydrogen as a renewable energy resource—prospects and potentials. Int J Hydrogen Energy 33:258–263

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Lang CA (1958) Simple microdetermination of Kjeldahl nitrogen in biological materials. Anal Chem 30:1692–1694

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Lee K-S, Lin P-J, Chang J-S (2006) Temperature effects on biohydrogen production in a granular sludge bed induced by activated carbon carriers. Int J Hydrogen Energy 31:465–472

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. Li C, Fang HH (2007) Fermentative hydrogen production from wastewater and solid wastes by mixed cultures. Crit Rev Environ Sci Technol 37:1–39

    Article  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  29. Liu D, Zeng RJ, Angelidaki I (2008) Effects of pH and hydraulic retention time on hydrogen production versus methanogenesis during anaerobic fermentation of organic household solid waste under extreme-thermophilic temperature (70° C). Biotechnol Bioeng 100:1108–1114

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Lucas CKG (2014) Biogas production from potato peel waste. In: Licenciado em Ciências de Engenharia de Ambiente. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

  31. Luo G, Karakashev D, Xie L et al (2011) Long-term effect of inoculum pretreatment on fermentative hydrogen production by repeated batch cultivations: Homoacetogenesis and methanogenesis as competitors to hydrogen production. Biotechnol Bioeng 108:1816–1827

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. Malaspina F, Cellamare CM, Stante L et al (1996) Anaerobic treatment of cheese whey with a downflow-upflow hybrid reactor. Biores Technol 55:131–139

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. Martinat S, Navratil J, Trojan J et al (2017) Interpreting regional and local diversities of the social acceptance of agricultural AD plants in the rural space of the Moravian-Silesian Region (Czech Republic). Rendiconti Lincei 28:535–548

    Article  Google Scholar 

  34. Morra S, Valetti F, Gilardi G (2017) [FeFe]-hydrogenases as biocatalysts in bio-hydrogen production. Rendiconti Lincei 28:183–194

    Article  Google Scholar 

  35. Mu Y, Zheng X-J, Yu H-Q et al (2006) Biological hydrogen production by anaerobic sludge at various temperatures. Int J Hydrogen Energy 31:780–785

    Article  Google Scholar 

  36. Noblecourt A, Christophe G, Larroche C et al (2018) Hydrogen production by dark fermentation from pre-fermented depackaging food wastes. Biores Technol 247:864–870

    Article  Google Scholar 

  37. Okamoto M, Miyahara T, Mizuno O et al (2000) Biological hydrogen potential of materials characteristic of the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes. Water Sci Technol 41:25–32

    Article  Google Scholar 

  38. Remón J, García L, Arauzo J (2016) Cheese whey management by catalytic steam reforming and aqueous phase reforming. Fuel Process Technol 154:66–81

    Article  Google Scholar 

  39. Rice EW, Baird RB, Eaton AD (1915) Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater. American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, Water Environment Federation

  40. Singh A, Sevda S, Abu Reesh I et al (2015) Biohydrogen Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Technology and Sustainability. Energies 8:13062–13080

    Article  Google Scholar 

  41. Vidal G, Carvalho A, Méndez R et al (2000) Influence of the content in fats and proteins on the anaerobic biodegradability of dairy wastewaters. Biores Technol 74:231–239

    Article  Google Scholar 

  42. Wang J, Wan W (2008) Effect of temperature on fermentative hydrogen production by mixed cultures. Int J Hydrogen Energy 33:5392–5397

    Article  Google Scholar 

  43. Wang X, Zhao Y-C (2009) A bench scale study of fermentative hydrogen and methane production from food waste in integrated two-stage process. Int J Hydrogen Energy 34:245–254

    Article  Google Scholar 

  44. Wu D (2016) Recycle technology for potato peel waste processing: a review. Procedia Environ Sci 31:103–107

    Article  Google Scholar 

  45. Yang G, Wang J (2018) Pretreatment of grass waste using combined ionizing radiation-acid treatment for enhancing fermentative hydrogen production. Biores Technol 255:7–15

    Article  Google Scholar 

  46. Yu H-Q, Fang HHP (2002) Acidogenesis of dairy wastewater at various pH levels. Water Sci Technol 45:201–206

    Article  Google Scholar 

  47. Zhen X, Zhang X, Li S et al (2020) Effect of micro-oxygen pretreatment on gas production characteristics of anaerobic digestion of kitchen waste. J Mater Cycles Waste Manage 22:1852–1858

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya, Indore, and University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, for providing the support to carry out the work.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Life Science, Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Khushboo Swapnil Bhurat & Tushar Banerjee

  2. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

    Jitendra Kumar Pandey & Swapnil Sureshchandra Bhurat

Authors
  1. Khushboo Swapnil Bhurat
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Tushar Banerjee
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Jitendra Kumar Pandey
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Swapnil Sureshchandra Bhurat
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Khushboo Swapnil Bhurat.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Bhurat, K.S., Banerjee, T., Pandey, J.K. et al. A lab fermenter level study on anaerobic hydrogen fermentation using potato peel waste: effect of pH, temperature, and substrate pre-treatment. J Mater Cycles Waste Manag 23, 1617–1625 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-021-01242-3

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-021-01242-3

Keywords

Search

Navigation