Open AccessHYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION - GENERAL ASPECTS AND POSSIBILITY OF USING BRAZILIAN AGRO-INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Author(s) -
Lívian Ribeiro Vasconcelos de Sá,
Magali Christe Cammarota,
Viridiana Santana Ferreira-Leitão
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
química nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.214
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1678-7064
pISSN - 0100-4042
DOI - 10.5935/0100-4042.20140138
Subject(s) - production (economics) , fermentation , environmental science , waste management , hydrogen production , pulp and paper industry , hydrogen , industrial production , anaerobic exercise , biochemical engineering , business , engineering , chemistry , food science , economics , biology , microeconomics , physiology , organic chemistry , keynesian economics
Biological production of hydrogen through anaerobic fermentation has received increasing attention and offers a great potential as an alternative process for clean fuel production in the future. Considering biological systems for H2 production, anaerobic fermentation stands out, primarily due to its higher production of H2 compared with other biological processes. In addition the possibility of using different agro-industrial wastes as substrates opens up infinite possibilities. The development and implementation of sustainable processes for converting renewable materials into different value-added products is essential for the full exploitation of Brazilian agro-industrial wastes