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Biohydrogen production: prospects and limitations to practical application

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In this paper, the authors compare the hydrogen production rates of various bio-hydrogen systems by first standardizing the units of hydrogen production and then calculating the size of biohydrogen system that would be required to power proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells of various sizes.
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This article is published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.The article was published on 2004-02-01. It has received 1488 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hydrogen production & Biohydrogen.

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Microbial hydrogen production with Bacillus coagulans IIT-BT S1 isolated from anaerobic sewage sludge

TL;DR: Bacillus coagulans strain IIT-BT S1 isolated from anaerobically digested activated sewage sludge was investigated for its ability to produce H(2) from glucose-based medium under the influence of different environmental parameters and reached maximum production rate in the stationary phase.
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Biohydrogen production by dark fermentation of wheat powder solution: Effects of C/N and C/P ratio on hydrogen yield and formation rate

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of C/N and C/P ratio on hydrogen yield and specific production rate were investigated in dark fermentation of wheat powder solution (WPS) by external addition of N and P since the wheat powder was deficient.
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Continuous fermentative hydrogen production from cheese whey wastewater under thermophilic anaerobic conditions

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of varying hydraulic retention time (HRT: 1, 2 and 3.5 days) and especially high organic load rates (OLR: 21, 35 and 47 ǫg chemical oxygen demand (COD)/l/day) on biohydrogen production in a continuous stirred tank reactor were investigated.
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Mixotrophic cultivation, a preferable microalgae cultivation mode for biomass/bioenergy production, and bioremediation, advances and prospect

TL;DR: This review compared these growth modes of microalgae and discussed the advantages of mixotrophic mode in bioenergy production by considering the difference in growth, photosynthesis characteristic and bio energy production.
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Methods for enhancing bio-hydrogen production from biological process: A review

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight various techniques such as pretreatment, cell immobilization, sequential fermentation, combined fermentation, and combined fermentation that have been used in biological processes for enhancing hydrogen production.
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Fuel cell systems explained

TL;DR: In this paper, the first edition of this paper, the authors presented an analysis of fuel cell systems and their performance in terms of Molar Gibbs Free Energy Calculations (GFE) and Open Circuit Voltage.
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Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of the second law of thermodynamics and its application in the context of a gas turbine power plant and evaluate the entropy of the system.
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Biology of microorganisms

TL;DR: Biology of microorganisms, Biology of micro organisms, مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اصاع رسانی, کδاوρزی
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Hydrogen production by biological processes: a survey of literature

TL;DR: The paper presents a survey of biological hydrogen production processes, and the microorganisms and biochemical pathways involved in hydrogen generation processes are presented in some detail.
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