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Biohydrogen Production from Agricultural Residues

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FormalPara Glossary
Cellulose:

Homopolysaccharide composed of D-glucose units linked to each other via β-(1,4) glycosidic bonds

Dark fermentation:

Biological hydrogen production process when the organic compounds constitute the sole carbon and energy source providing metabolic energy

Fermentability:

Tendency of a pretreated raw material to improve or inhibit fermentation.

Hemicelluloses:

Heteropolysaccharides composed of different sugar units, the major hemicelluloses being xylans, arabinans, mannans and galactans.

Hydrogen productivity:

mmol hydrogen per L culture medium and h of fermentation

Hydrogen yield:

Molar amount of hydrogen divided by the molar amount of consumed hexose equivalent (mol hydrogen/mol hexose)

Inhibitors:

Compounds which have toxic effects on the fermenting microorganisms, thus decreasing hydrogen yield and productivity

Pretreatment:

Process used for the release of fermentable sugars from biomass - typically followed by enzymatic hydrolysis

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Koukios, E., Panagiotopoulos, I.(.A. (2018). Biohydrogen Production from Agricultural Residues. In: Meyers, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_949-1

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