Bioconversion of corncob to hydrogen using anaerobic mixed microflora

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2663-2669

  Pan, Chunmei ^a,b   Zhang, Shufang ^a   Fan, Yaoting ^a   Hou, Hongwei ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU COLLEGE OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic fermentation; Biohydrogen; Corncob; FTIR; Pretreatment; XRD

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; BIO-HYDROGEN; FTIR; PRE-TREATMENT; XRD;

ACIDS; CELLULOSE; FERMENTATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS PRODUCERS; SUGARS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

CELLULOSE; CORN COBS; FERMENTATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRETREATMENT; SUGARS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77951025629     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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