Fermentative hydrogen production using pretreated microalgal biomass as feedstock
Abstract Microalgae are simple chlorophyll containing organisms, they have high photosynthetic efficiency and can synthesize and accumulate large quantities of carbohydrate biomass. They can be cultivated in fresh water, seawater and wastewater. They have been used as feedstock for producing biodies...
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| description | Abstract Microalgae are simple chlorophyll containing organisms, they have high photosynthetic efficiency and can synthesize and accumulate large quantities of carbohydrate biomass. They can be cultivated in fresh water, seawater and wastewater. They have been used as feedstock for producing biodiesel, bioethanol and biogas. The production of these biofuels can be integrated with CO2 mitigation, wastewater treatment, and the production of high-value chemicals. Biohydrogen from microalgae is renewable. Microalgae have several advantages compared to terrestrial plants, such as higher growth rate with superior CO2 fixation capacity; they do not need arable land to grow; they do not contain lignin. In this review, the biology of microalgae and the chemical composition of microalgae were briefly introduced, the advantages and disadvantages of hydrogen production from microalgae were discussed, and the pretreatment of microalgal biomass and the fermentative hydrogen production from microalgal biomass pretreated by different methods (including physical, chemical, biological and combined methods) were summarized and evaluated. For the production of biohydrogen from microalgae, the economic feasibility remains the most important aspect to consider. Several technological and economic issues must be addressed to achieve success on a commercial scale. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4bb501e6db75488887017762b249d3962022-12-21T19:00:41ZengBMCMicrobial Cell Factories1475-28592018-02-0117111610.1186/s12934-018-0871-5Fermentative hydrogen production using pretreated microalgal biomass as feedstockJianlong Wang0Yanan Yin1Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Energy Science Building, Tsinghua UniversityCollaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Energy Science Building, Tsinghua UniversityAbstract Microalgae are simple chlorophyll containing organisms, they have high photosynthetic efficiency and can synthesize and accumulate large quantities of carbohydrate biomass. They can be cultivated in fresh water, seawater and wastewater. They have been used as feedstock for producing biodiesel, bioethanol and biogas. The production of these biofuels can be integrated with CO2 mitigation, wastewater treatment, and the production of high-value chemicals. Biohydrogen from microalgae is renewable. Microalgae have several advantages compared to terrestrial plants, such as higher growth rate with superior CO2 fixation capacity; they do not need arable land to grow; they do not contain lignin. In this review, the biology of microalgae and the chemical composition of microalgae were briefly introduced, the advantages and disadvantages of hydrogen production from microalgae were discussed, and the pretreatment of microalgal biomass and the fermentative hydrogen production from microalgal biomass pretreated by different methods (including physical, chemical, biological and combined methods) were summarized and evaluated. For the production of biohydrogen from microalgae, the economic feasibility remains the most important aspect to consider. Several technological and economic issues must be addressed to achieve success on a commercial scale.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-018-0871-5MicroalgaeBiohydrogenPretreatmentFermentation |
| spellingShingle | Jianlong Wang Yanan Yin Fermentative hydrogen production using pretreated microalgal biomass as feedstock Microbial Cell Factories Microalgae Biohydrogen Pretreatment Fermentation |
| title | Fermentative hydrogen production using pretreated microalgal biomass as feedstock |
| title_full | Fermentative hydrogen production using pretreated microalgal biomass as feedstock |
| title_fullStr | Fermentative hydrogen production using pretreated microalgal biomass as feedstock |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fermentative hydrogen production using pretreated microalgal biomass as feedstock |
| title_short | Fermentative hydrogen production using pretreated microalgal biomass as feedstock |
| title_sort | fermentative hydrogen production using pretreated microalgal biomass as feedstock |
| topic | Microalgae Biohydrogen Pretreatment Fermentation |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-018-0871-5 |
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