Green hydrogen derived from municipal wastewater via bioconversion by attached microalgae onto various sizes of polyurethane foam cubes
In order to mitigate the environmental impacts of fossil fuel consumption and gear up for its depletions over the years, it is essential to explore the transition towards the renewable energy sources. Microalgae are characterized as the primary producers in an ecosystem which can adapt easily and ha...
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| author | Musa Ardo, Fatima Khoo, Kuan Shiong Min Woon, Jia Nurul Tasnim, Sahrin Fong Yeong, Yin Ng, Huisuan Sean Goh, Pei Sean Herma Dina, Setiabudi Kiatkittipong, Worapon Wei Lim, Jun Ikenaga, Kazutoshi Ansar, Sabah |
| author_facet | Musa Ardo, Fatima Khoo, Kuan Shiong Min Woon, Jia Nurul Tasnim, Sahrin Fong Yeong, Yin Ng, Huisuan Sean Goh, Pei Sean Herma Dina, Setiabudi Kiatkittipong, Worapon Wei Lim, Jun Ikenaga, Kazutoshi Ansar, Sabah |
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| description | In order to mitigate the environmental impacts of fossil fuel consumption and gear up for its depletions over the years, it is essential to explore the transition towards the renewable energy sources. Microalgae are characterized as the primary producers in an ecosystem which can adapt easily and have high growth rate. Indeed, microalgae can produce various biofuels, inclusive of green hydrogen which is touted as the most clean and sustainable option for fossil fuel replacement. Immobilization of microalgae onto polyurethane foam had been employed in the current study to increase the hydrogen yield, while offering an easy harvesting process for potential reusability, and preventing cells’ wash out from cultivation system. Polyurethane foam cubes of four different sizes, namely, 0.5, 0.75, 1 and 2 cm (cubes’ edge lengths), were initially used to immobilize microalgae for 7 days. They were then introduced into municipal wastewater medium to provide alimentation for attached microalgae in performing dark fermentation. The results revealed that the 1 cm cubes’ size could consistently produce high hydrogen volumes of 20 – 21 mL with the COD and ammoniacal nitrogen removal efficiencies being achieved at 70% and 57%, respectively. The smaller sizes than 1 cm cubes failed to sustain its hydrogen yields due to the excessive losses of attached microalgae stemming from the abrasion process when the cubes were fluidizing in the culture medium. The bigger cubes than 1 cm had produced lesser hydrogen due to the limited surface area available to populate attached microalgae. And also due to the diffusion limitation of essential nutrients from culture medium into the cubes to support the metabolic activities of attached microalgae within the cubes. The hydrogen production from 1 cm cubes was also well fitted into the first order kinetics, attaining theR2 = 0.9998 and rate constant of 0.1247±0.0005h-1. Lastly, a statistical model was derived to predict the overall hydrogen yield from attached microalgae onto 1 cm polyurethane foam cubes. This was carried out based on the amount of COD being fermented to produce hydrogen in advocating the application of municipal wastewater as the alimentation for microalgal bioconversion. |
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| spelling | UMPir428592025-01-07T04:58:19Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42859/ Green hydrogen derived from municipal wastewater via bioconversion by attached microalgae onto various sizes of polyurethane foam cubes Musa Ardo, Fatima Khoo, Kuan Shiong Min Woon, Jia Nurul Tasnim, Sahrin Fong Yeong, Yin Ng, Huisuan Sean Goh, Pei Sean Herma Dina, Setiabudi Kiatkittipong, Worapon Wei Lim, Jun Ikenaga, Kazutoshi Ansar, Sabah QD Chemistry T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology In order to mitigate the environmental impacts of fossil fuel consumption and gear up for its depletions over the years, it is essential to explore the transition towards the renewable energy sources. Microalgae are characterized as the primary producers in an ecosystem which can adapt easily and have high growth rate. Indeed, microalgae can produce various biofuels, inclusive of green hydrogen which is touted as the most clean and sustainable option for fossil fuel replacement. Immobilization of microalgae onto polyurethane foam had been employed in the current study to increase the hydrogen yield, while offering an easy harvesting process for potential reusability, and preventing cells’ wash out from cultivation system. Polyurethane foam cubes of four different sizes, namely, 0.5, 0.75, 1 and 2 cm (cubes’ edge lengths), were initially used to immobilize microalgae for 7 days. They were then introduced into municipal wastewater medium to provide alimentation for attached microalgae in performing dark fermentation. The results revealed that the 1 cm cubes’ size could consistently produce high hydrogen volumes of 20 – 21 mL with the COD and ammoniacal nitrogen removal efficiencies being achieved at 70% and 57%, respectively. The smaller sizes than 1 cm cubes failed to sustain its hydrogen yields due to the excessive losses of attached microalgae stemming from the abrasion process when the cubes were fluidizing in the culture medium. The bigger cubes than 1 cm had produced lesser hydrogen due to the limited surface area available to populate attached microalgae. And also due to the diffusion limitation of essential nutrients from culture medium into the cubes to support the metabolic activities of attached microalgae within the cubes. The hydrogen production from 1 cm cubes was also well fitted into the first order kinetics, attaining theR2 = 0.9998 and rate constant of 0.1247±0.0005h-1. Lastly, a statistical model was derived to predict the overall hydrogen yield from attached microalgae onto 1 cm polyurethane foam cubes. This was carried out based on the amount of COD being fermented to produce hydrogen in advocating the application of municipal wastewater as the alimentation for microalgal bioconversion. Elsevier Ltd 2023-10-15 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42859/1/Green%20hydrogen%20derived%20from%20municipal%20wastewater%20via%20bioconversion.pdf pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42859/2/Green%20hydrogen%20derived%20from%20municipal%20wastewater%20via%20bioconversion%20by%20attached%20microalgae%20onto%20various%20sizes%20of%20polyurethane%20foam%20cubes_ABS.pdf Musa Ardo, Fatima and Khoo, Kuan Shiong and Min Woon, Jia and Nurul Tasnim, Sahrin and Fong Yeong, Yin and Ng, Huisuan and Sean Goh, Pei Sean and Herma Dina, Setiabudi and Kiatkittipong, Worapon and Wei Lim, Jun and Ikenaga, Kazutoshi and Ansar, Sabah (2023) Green hydrogen derived from municipal wastewater via bioconversion by attached microalgae onto various sizes of polyurethane foam cubes. Fuel, 350 (128894). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0016-2361. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.128894 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.128894 |
| spellingShingle | QD Chemistry T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology Musa Ardo, Fatima Khoo, Kuan Shiong Min Woon, Jia Nurul Tasnim, Sahrin Fong Yeong, Yin Ng, Huisuan Sean Goh, Pei Sean Herma Dina, Setiabudi Kiatkittipong, Worapon Wei Lim, Jun Ikenaga, Kazutoshi Ansar, Sabah Green hydrogen derived from municipal wastewater via bioconversion by attached microalgae onto various sizes of polyurethane foam cubes |
| title | Green hydrogen derived from municipal wastewater via bioconversion by attached microalgae onto various sizes of polyurethane foam cubes |
| title_full | Green hydrogen derived from municipal wastewater via bioconversion by attached microalgae onto various sizes of polyurethane foam cubes |
| title_fullStr | Green hydrogen derived from municipal wastewater via bioconversion by attached microalgae onto various sizes of polyurethane foam cubes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Green hydrogen derived from municipal wastewater via bioconversion by attached microalgae onto various sizes of polyurethane foam cubes |
| title_short | Green hydrogen derived from municipal wastewater via bioconversion by attached microalgae onto various sizes of polyurethane foam cubes |
| title_sort | green hydrogen derived from municipal wastewater via bioconversion by attached microalgae onto various sizes of polyurethane foam cubes |
| topic | QD Chemistry T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology |
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