A review on fermentative hydrogen production from dairy industry wastewater

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1627-1636

  Karadag, Dogan ^a   Köroğlu, Oguz Emre ^a   Ozkaya, Bestami ^a   Cakmakci, Mehmet ^a   Heaven, Sonia ^b   Banks, Charles ^b  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Dairy wastewater; Fermentative hydrogen; Two stage

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HYDROGEN FUELS;

CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH; DAIRY WASTEWATER; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; FERMENTATIVE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

CARBOHYDRATE; HYDROGEN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAIRY INDUSTRY; EXPANDED BED REACTOR; FERMENTATION; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MIXED CELL CULTURE; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; STIRRED REACTOR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WHEY;

EID: 84908505699     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4490     Document Type: Review

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