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Acid pre-treatment of sewage anaerobic sludge to increase hydrogen producing bacteria HPB: effectiveness and reproducibility.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19001717     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The present study is aimed to test the effectiveness and the reproducibility of the acid pre-treatment of sewage sludge to suppress the methanogenic bacteria activity, in order to increase the hydrogen forming bacteria activity, mainly Clostridium species. The treated sludge has been tested on glucose reach medium under mesophilic conditions (35 degrees C), in batch mode to quantify the biological fermentative hydrogen production. In the whole series of experiments, the main components of biogas are hydrogen (52-60%) and carbon dioxide (40-48%); no methane and hydrogen sulphide were present in it. The rate of biogas production reached a maximum of 75 ml/lh. An overall mean hydrogen conversion efficiency was 11.20% on the assumption of maximum of 3 mol H2/mol glucose. Clostridium spp. multiplied ten times after 10 h of fermentation and over that thousand times at the end of fermentation.
Authors:
T Tommasi; G Sassi; B Ruggeri
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research     Volume:  58     ISSN:  0273-1223     ISO Abbreviation:  Water Sci. Technol.     Publication Date:  2008  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-11-12     Completed Date:  2009-01-23     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9879497     Medline TA:  Water Sci Technol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1623-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
IWA Publishing 2008.
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129, Turin, Italy. tonia.tommasi@polito.it
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anaerobiosis*
Clostridium / growth & development,  metabolism*
Hydrogen / metabolism*
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Kinetics
Models, Biological
Oxidation-Reduction
Reproducibility of Results
Sewage / microbiology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Sewage; 1333-74-0/Hydrogen

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