The purification of crude glycerol derived from biodiesel manufacture and its use as a substrate by Rhodopseudomonas palustris to produce hydrogen

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 152, Issue , 2014, Pages 464-470

  Pott, Robert W M ^a   Howe, Christopher J ^a   Dennis, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiesel derived glycerol; Biohydrogen; Crude glycerol treatment; Rhodopseudomonas palustris; Saponified fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIODIESEL; CALCIUM; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PURIFICATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

BIO-HYDROGEN; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIODIESEL-DERIVED GLYCEROLS; CRUDE GLYCEROL; PH ADJUSTMENT; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

SUBSTRATES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALCOHOL; CALCIUM; CRUDE GLYCEROL; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN; SAPONIFIED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOFUEL; DIESEL; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; HYDROGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PH; SOLVENT; SUBSTRATE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

BIODIESEL-DERIVED GLYCEROL; BIOHYDROGEN; CRUDE GLYCEROL TREATMENT; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; SAPONIFIED FATTY ACIDS;

BIOFUELS; CALCIUM; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SOLVENTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84890099383     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.10.094     Document Type: Article

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