Bio‑hydrogen and VFA production from steel mill gases using pure and mixed bacterial culturesShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Bioresource Technology Reports, E-ISSN 2589-014X, Vol. 23, article id 101544Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
A major source of CO2 emissions is the flaring of steel mill gas. This work demonstrated the enrichment of carboxydotrophic bacteria for converting steel mill gas into volatile fatty acids and H2, via gas fermentation. Several combinations of pure and mixed anaerobic cultures were used as inoculum in 0.5-L reactors, operated at 30 and 60 °C. The process was then scaled up in a 4-L membrane bioreactor, operated for 20 days, at 48 °C. The results showed that the enriched microbiomes can oxidize CO completely to produce H2/H+ which is subsequently used to fix the CO2. At 30 °C, a mixture of acetate, isobutyrate and propionate was obtained while H2 and acetate were the main products at 60 °C. The highest CO conversion and H2 production rate observed in the membrane bioreactor were 29 and 28 mL/LR/h, respectively. The taxonomic diversity of the bacterial community increased and the dominant species was Pseudomonas.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier Ltd , 2023. Vol. 23, article id 101544
Keywords [en]
Gas fermentation, H2, In-situ hydrogenation, Steel mill gas, Volatile fatty acids, Bacteria, Bioreactors, Carbon dioxide, Fermentation, Gas emissions, Hydrogen production, acetic acid, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, isobutyric acid, propionic acid, steel, volatile fatty acid, Bio-hydrogen, CO 2 emission, Gas fermentations, H2, Inocula, Mixed anaerobic cultures, Mixed bacterial culture, Scaled-up, Acetobacterium, Acetobacterium woodii, Article, bacterium culture, carbon balance, food waste, gas, inoculation, iron and steel industry, nonhuman, oxidation, reaction temperature
National Category
Microbiology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-65669DOI: 10.1016/j.biteb.2023.101544Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85164255804OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-65669DiVA, id: diva2:1787165
Note
Correspondence Address: K. Chandolias; RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Borås, Box 857, Industrigatan 4, 504 62, Sweden.
This work was financially supported by the Swedish Energy Agency [grant numbers 2020-019803].
2023-08-112023-08-112024-08-30Bibliographically approved