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The effect of biomass separation method on the efficiency of hydrogen production by Platymonas subcordiformis

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Platymonas subcordiformis may be deemed a prospective species in terms of its hydrogen production capacity. The efficiency of hydrogen production by these microalgae is affected by the method of sulfur compounds removal from the culture medium, which urges the search for effective separation methods. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of harnessing membrane vacuum filtration (MVF) for P. subcordiformis microalgae biomass separation from the culture medium to boost the hydrogen yield. Its results proved a positive impact of the filtration method on hydrogen production. Higher technological performance due to the use of MVF was recorded in the variants with biomass concentration in respirometers ensured at 5.0 gODM/dm3. In the most effective variant, hydrogen yield after biomass concentration using MVF reached 156.3 ± 11.0 cm3 H2 at the mean production rate of r = 1.38 ± 0.1 cm3/h, whereas after centrifugation the respective values were at 138.3 ± 12.8 cm3 H2 and r = 1.09 ± 0.09 cm3/h. Hydrogen production efficiency was also found to significantly depend on the initial biomass concentration in respirometers and culture medium composition at the stage of biomass cultivation.

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The manuscript was supported by Project financially supported by Minister of Education and Science in the range of the program entitled “Regional Initiative of Excellence” for the years 2019–2022, Project No. 010/RID/2018/19, amount of funding: 12,000,000 PLN, and the work WZ/WB-IIŚ/3/2022, funded by the Minister of Education and Science.

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Dudek, M., Nowicka, A., Zieliński, M. et al. The effect of biomass separation method on the efficiency of hydrogen production by Platymonas subcordiformis. Int J Energy Environ Eng 14, 167–177 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-022-00507-3

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