ENERGY PRODUCTION FROM AGRICULTURAL SOURCES AND ORGANIC WASTES

Biohydrogen Production from Renewable Organic Wastes

Objectives • Investigate different strategies for selective growth of hydrogen-producing bacteria (e.g., heat selection and pH control, hydraulic loading) in a mixed culture environment. • Determine the biokinetics parameters of hydrogen-producing microorganisms. • Identify and quantify hydrogen-producing bacterial population in a complex microbial community background using nucleic acid based ...

Ethanol production from agricultural wastes using Sacchromyces cervisae

The main objective of this study was production of ethanol from three lignocellulosic biomasses like sugarcane bagasse, rice straw and wheat straw by Sacchromyces cervisae. All the three substrates were ground to powder form (2 mm) and pretreated with 3%H2O2 + 2% NaOH followed by steaming at 130 °C for 60 min. These substrates were hydrolyzed by commercial cellulase enzyme. The whole fermentati...

Enhanced polyhydroxyalkanoate production from organic wastes via process control.

This work explores the use of a model-based control scheme to enhance the productivity of polyhroxyalkanoate (PHA) production in a mixed culture two-stage system fed with synthetic wastewater. The controller supplies pulses of substrate while regulating the dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration and uses the data to fit a dynamic mathematical model, which in turn is used to predict the time until ...

Enhancement of bioenergy production from organic wastes 1 by two - stage anaerobic hydrogen and methane production

Massive Energy Production from Renewable Sources

Renewable and non-conventional distributed energy resources (DERs), such as, wind, solar PV, micro-turbines, fuel cells, diesel generators etc. are gradually becoming more popular as energy efficient and low-emission energy sources. Demand-side management, along with the integration of distributed energy generation and storage, are considered increasingly essential elements for implementing the...