A lab-scale expanded granular sludge bed （EGSB） reactor was employed to evaluate the feasibility of the hydrogen energy recovery potential from high strength organic wastewater. The results showed that a maximum hyd...A lab-scale expanded granular sludge bed （EGSB） reactor was employed to evaluate the feasibility of the hydrogen energy recovery potential from high strength organic wastewater. The results showed that a maximum hydrogen production rate of 7.43 m3 H2/m3 reactor·d and an average hydrogen production rate of 6.44 m3 H2/m3 reactor·d were achieved with the hydrogen content of 50%～56% in the biogas during the 90-day operation. At the acidogenic phase, COD removal rate was stable at about 15%. In the steady operation period, the main liquid end products were ethanol and acetic acid, which represented ethanol type fermentation. Among the liquid end products, the concentration percentage of ethanol and acetic acid amounted to 69.5%～89.8% and the concentration percentage of ethanol took prominent about 51.7%～59.1%, which is better than the utilization of substrate for the methanogenic bacteria. An ethanol type fermentation pathway was suggested in the operation of enlarged industrial continuous hydrogen bio-producing reactors.展开更多
文摘A lab-scale expanded granular sludge bed （EGSB） reactor was employed to evaluate the feasibility of the hydrogen energy recovery potential from high strength organic wastewater. The results showed that a maximum hydrogen production rate of 7.43 m3 H2/m3 reactor·d and an average hydrogen production rate of 6.44 m3 H2/m3 reactor·d were achieved with the hydrogen content of 50%～56% in the biogas during the 90-day operation. At the acidogenic phase, COD removal rate was stable at about 15%. In the steady operation period, the main liquid end products were ethanol and acetic acid, which represented ethanol type fermentation. Among the liquid end products, the concentration percentage of ethanol and acetic acid amounted to 69.5%～89.8% and the concentration percentage of ethanol took prominent about 51.7%～59.1%, which is better than the utilization of substrate for the methanogenic bacteria. An ethanol type fermentation pathway was suggested in the operation of enlarged industrial continuous hydrogen bio-producing reactors.
