Whey waste as potential feedstock for biohydrogen production

Anil Kumar Patel, Neha Vaisnav, Anshu Mathur, Ravi Gupta and Deepak Kumar Tuli

Renewable Energy, 2016, vol. 98, issue C, 221-225

Abstract: In-house isolate Clostridium sp. IODB-O3 was exploited for biohydrogen production using cheese whey waste in batch fermentation. Analysis of cheese whey shows, it is enriched with lactose, lactic acid and protein components which were observed most favourable for biohydrogen production. Biohydrogen yield by IODB-O3 was compared with the cultures naturally occurring in waste solely or in combinations, and found that Clostridium sp. IODB-O3 was the best producer. The maximum biohydrogen yield obtained was 6.35 ± 0.2 mol-H2/mol-lactose. The cumulative H2 production (ml/L), 3330 ± 50, H2 production rate (ml/L/h), 139 ± 5, and specific H2 production (ml/g/h), 694 ± 10 were obtained. Clostridium sp. IODB-O3 exhibited better H2 yield from cheese whey than the reported values in literature. Importantly, the enhancement of biohydrogen yield was observed possibly due to absence of inhibitory compounds, presence of essential nutrients, protein and lactic acid fractions which supported better cell growth than that of the lactose and glucose media. Carbon balance was carried out for the process which provided more insights in IODB-O3 metabolic pathway for biohydrogen production. This study may help for effective utilization of whey wastes for economic large scale biohydrogen production.

Keywords: Biohydrogen; Clostridium sp; Dark fermentation; Lactic acid; Organic acid; Lactose (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.02.039

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