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Biohydrogen from Lignocellulosic Wastes

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Lignocellulose-Based Bioproducts

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Hydrogen has a high potential of being renewable and environmentally friendly alternative for the future energy carriers. Dark fermentative biohydrogen production has been received considerable attention because of the potential utilization of a wide variety of carbohydrate-rich wastes, lower operational costs, higher efficiency, simpler control requirements, and considerable role in waste reduction. Different types of biomasses, e.g., lignocellulosic wastes, have been used as feedstocks for this purpose. Biohydrogen production using dark fermentation can be performed by either pure cultures or anaerobic microbial consortia. The higher efficiency of hydrogen generation through control and reducing by-products is the main advantages of using pure cultures. However, mixed anaerobic consortia are usually preferred because of potential expression of a wide range of hydrolytic activities to enhance substrate utilization especially for complex lignocellulosic compounds, no need to medium sterilization, simpler control and operation, and more robust to changes in the environmental conditions such as pH and temperature. Therefore, anaerobic cultures from different sources have been tested as inocula for hydrogen fermentation from lignocellulosic wastes. However, manipulation and modification of the microbial community of anaerobic cultures toward reducing or even inhibiting the reactions of hydrogen consumption and by-products formation is the primary and necessary step. Moreover, it has been concluded from the literatures that there is no consistent procedure for microbial pretreatment and it should be checked based on the sources of inoculum and types of the substrate. Dark fermentative hydrogen production is influenced by several different factors, including type and source of inoculum, environmental parameters (e.g., temperature, pH, and partial pressure of hydrogen), and metal ions. This chapter reviewed and discussed different basic and applied aspects of biohydrogen production.

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Zilouei, H., Taherdanak, M. (2015). Biohydrogen from Lignocellulosic Wastes. In: Karimi, K. (eds) Lignocellulose-Based Bioproducts. Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14033-9_7

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