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 technique terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP). • Design and develop improved bioreactor system to favor the growth of hydrogen-producing bacteria.