Scaling-up bio-hydrogen production from food waste: Feasibilities and challenges

Hydrogen has potential as a renewable energy source due to its outstanding clean energy content. The production of hydrogen from food waste by dark fermentation gains attention from researchers across the world as it requires lower energy and chemicals compared to other chemical routes, not to menti...

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Published in:International journal of hydrogen energy 2018, Vol.43 (2), p.634-648
Main Authors: Jarunglumlert, Teeraya, Prommuak, Chattip, Putmai, Namtip, Pavasant, Prasert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bio-hydrogen
Dark fermentation
Food waste
Scaling-up
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Summary:Hydrogen has potential as a renewable energy source due to its outstanding clean energy content. The production of hydrogen from food waste by dark fermentation gains attention from researchers across the world as it requires lower energy and chemicals compared to other chemical routes, not to mention that the use of food waste as raw material could help lessen the global waste dumping crisis. Currently, the knowledge of hydrogen production from food waste by dark fermentation is still limited in a laboratory scale. This article intends to provide up-to-date status quo on this technology. Factors affecting production potential, appropriate condition of production, feasibility of scaled-up production and economic value analysis of such technology is summarized and analyzed. •Up-to-date status quo on bio-hydrogen production technology is discussed.•Factors affecting potential of bio-hydrogen production are summarized.•Economic feasibility of commercial scale production is analyzed.
ISSN:0360-3199
1879-3487
DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.10.013