Assessment via the modified gompertz-model reveals new insights concerning the effects of ionic liquids on biohydrogen production

Nándor Nemestóthy, Péter Bakonyi, Tamás Rózsenberszki, Gopalakrishnan Kumar, László Koók, Gábor Kelemen, Sang Hyoun Kim, Katalin Bélafi-Bakó

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Abstract

Lignocellulosic biofuel, in particular hydrogen gas production is governed by successful feedstock pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation. In these days, remarkable attention is paid to the use of ionic liquids to make the fermentable regions of lignocellulose biomass more accessible to the biocatalysts. Although these compounds have great potential for this purpose, their presence during the consecutive fermentation stage may pose a threat on process stability due to certain toxic effects. This, however, has not been specifically elaborated for dark fermentative biohydrogen generation. Hence, in this work, two common imidazolium-type ionic liquids (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate, ([bmim][Ac]) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, ([bmim][Cl])) were employed in mixed culture biohydrogen fermentation to investigate the possible impacts related to their presence and concentrations. The batch assays were evaluated comparatively via the modified Gompertz-model based on the important parameters characterizing the process, namely the biohydrogen production potential, maximum biohydrogen production rate and lag-phase time.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18918-18924
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume43
Issue number41
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Oct 11

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH, Hungary) is thanked for the financial support of this work under grant number NN 126995. The János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is duly acknowledged for the support. The “GINOP-2.3.2–15 – Excellence of strategic R + D workshops (Development of modular, mobile water treatment systems and waste water treatment technologies based on University of Pannonia to enhance growing dynamic export of Hungary (2016–2020))” is acknowledged for supporting this project. The research was supported by the International Research & Development Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science & ICT (Grant number: 2017K1A3A1A67015923).

Funding Information:
The National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH, Hungary ) is thanked for the financial support of this work under grant number NN 126995 . The János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is duly acknowledged for the support. The “GINOP-2.3.2–15 – Excellence of strategic R + D workshops (Development of modular, mobile water treatment systems and waste water treatment technologies based on University of Pannonia to enhance growing dynamic export of Hungary (2016–2020))” is acknowledged for supporting this project. The research was supported by the International Research & Development Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF ) funded by the Ministry of Science & ICT (Grant number: 2017K1A3A1A67015923 ).

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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Fuel Technology
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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