Influences of Environmental and Operational Factors on Dark Fermentative Hydrogen Production: A Review

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1297-1305

  Mohammadi, Parviz ^a,c   Ibrahim, Shaliza ^a   Annuar, Mohamad Suffian Mohamad ^b   Ghafari, Shahin ^a   Vikineswary, Sabaratnam ^b   Zinatizadeh, Ali Akbar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biohydrogen production; Hydraulic retention time; Organic loading rate; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FERMENTATION; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEN; PRESSURE EFFECT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RETENTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84869236663     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100007     Document Type: Review

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