PHOTOBIOREACTOR WITH PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA IMMOBILIZED ON POROUS-GLASS FOR HYDROGEN PHOTOPRODUCTION

Authors
TSYGANKOV AA HIRATA Y MIYAKE M ASADA Y MIYAKE J
Citation
Aa. Tsygankov et al., PHOTOBIOREACTOR WITH PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA IMMOBILIZED ON POROUS-GLASS FOR HYDROGEN PHOTOPRODUCTION, Journal of fermentation and bioengineering, 77(5), 1994, pp. 575-578
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology","Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Journal of fermentation and bioengineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
0922338X
Volume
77
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
575 - 578
Database
ISI
SICI code
0922-338X(1994)77:5<575:PWPBIO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A photobioreactor was constructed with porous glass as an immobilizati on matrix. The reactor was a rectangular glass chamber (inner dimensio ns: 125 x 50 x 2.5 mm) containing a porous glass sheet (125 x 50 x 0.5 mm) on which Rhodobacter sphaeroides RV was immobilized (11.2 mg dry wt./ml porous glass). The maximum rate of hydrogen evolution was 1.3 m l/h/ml porous glass. The conversion efficiency of succinate into hydro gen reached 75%. Stable and efficient hydrogen evolution continued for up to 40 d.