10.1007/s40095-022-00507-3

The effect of biomass separation method on the efficiency of hydrogen production by Platymonas subcordiformis

  • Magda Dudek1,
  • Anna Nowicka1,
  • Marcin Zieliński1,
  • Joanna Kazimierowicz2,
  • Marcin Dębowski*1,
  1. Department of Environment Engineering, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, 10-720, PL
  2. Department of Water Supply and Sewage Systems, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Bialystok University of Technology, Białystok, 15-351, PL

Published in Issue 2022-06-03

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Dudek, M., Nowicka, A., Zieliński, M., Kazimierowicz, J., & Dębowski, M. (2022). The effect of biomass separation method on the efficiency of hydrogen production by Platymonas subcordiformis. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 14(2 (June 2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-022-00507-3
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Abstract

Abstract Platymonas subcordiformis may be deemed a prospective species in terms of its hydrogen production capacity. The efficiency of hydrogen production by these microalgae is affected by the method of sulfur compounds removal from the culture medium, which urges the search for effective separation methods. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of harnessing membrane vacuum filtration (MVF) for P. subcordiformis microalgae biomass separation from the culture medium to boost the hydrogen yield. Its results proved a positive impact of the filtration method on hydrogen production. Higher technological performance due to the use of MVF was recorded in the variants with biomass concentration in respirometers ensured at 5.0 g ODM /dm 3 . In the most effective variant, hydrogen yield after biomass concentration using MVF reached 156.3 ± 11.0 cm 3 H 2 at the mean production rate of r  = 1.38 ± 0.1 cm 3 /h, whereas after centrifugation the respective values were at 138.3 ± 12.8 cm 3 H 2 and r  = 1.09 ± 0.09 cm 3 /h. Hydrogen production efficiency was also found to significantly depend on the initial biomass concentration in respirometers and culture medium composition at the stage of biomass cultivation.

Keywords

  • Platymonas subcordiformis,
  • Microalgae,
  • Biohydrogen,
  • Biomass separation,
  • Membrane vacuum filter

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