Different ratios of carbon sources in the fermentation of cheese whey and glucose as substrates for hydrogen and ethanol production in continuous reactors

• Published in: International journal of hydrogen energy Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 1288 - 1296
• Main Authors: Ferreira Rosa, Paula Rúbia, Santos, Samantha Christine, Silva, Edson Luiz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Alternative fuels. Production and utilization; Applied sciences; Cheese; Cheese whey; Co-fermentation; Crack opening displacement; Energy; Ethanol; Ethanol production; Ethyl alcohol; Exact sciences and technology; Fermentation; Fuels; Glucose; Hydrogen; Hydrogen production; Reactors; Whey; Co-fermentation; Cheese whey; Hydrogen production; Ethanol production; Ethanol; Hydrogen; Glucose; Fermentation

The fermentation of glucose, cheese whey and the mixture of glucose and cheese whey were evaluated in this study from two inocula sources (sludge from a UASB reactor for swine wastewater treatment and poultry slaughterhouse) for hydrogen production in continuous anaerobic fluidized bed reactors (AFB...