CONTINUOUS HYDROGEN EVOLUTION BY AN IMMOBILIZED COMBINED SYSTEM OF PHORMIDIUM-VALDERIANUM, HALOBACTERIUM-HALOBIUM AND ESCHERICHIA-COLI IN APACKED-BED REACTOR

Citation
S. Patel et D. Madamwar, CONTINUOUS HYDROGEN EVOLUTION BY AN IMMOBILIZED COMBINED SYSTEM OF PHORMIDIUM-VALDERIANUM, HALOBACTERIUM-HALOBIUM AND ESCHERICHIA-COLI IN APACKED-BED REACTOR, International journal of hydrogen energy, 20(8), 1995, pp. 631-634
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Environmental Sciences","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
ISSN journal
03603199
Volume
20
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
631 - 634
Database
ISI
SICI code
0360-3199(1995)20:8<631:CHEBAI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Long-term hydrogen evolution (11 days) was obtained when Phormidium va lderianum was coupled with a mixture of halophilic Halobacterium halob ium and salt tolerant Eschelichia coli under a cyclic illumination on/ off cycle of 18 h dark and 6 h light in an immobilized packed bed reac tor. Various conditions such as flow rate, temperature and pH have bee n optimized for maximum continuous evolution.