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Effect of hydraulic retention time on biohydrogen production and anaerobic microbial community

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It is concluded that the increase of the hydrogen yield after transition from 8 h to 6 h HRT is caused by a washout of the propionate producing population during the 6 H HRT period.
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This article is published in Process Biochemistry.The article was published on 2006-10-01. It has received 169 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hydraulic retention time & Population.

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Factors influencing fermentative hydrogen production: a review

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized several main factors influencing fermentative hydrogen production, including inoculum, substrate, reactor type, nitrogen, phosphate, metal ion, temperature and pH.
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Biohydrogen production: Current perspectives and the way forward

TL;DR: A review of advances in bio-hydrogen production focusing on production pathways, microbiology, as well as bioreactor configuration and operation is presented in this article, where challenges and prospects of bio hydrogen production are also outlined.
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Bioreactor and process design for biohydrogen production.

TL;DR: The state-of-the art of biohydrogen production is discussed emphasizing on production pathways, factors affecting bioHydrogen production, as well as bioreactor configuration and operation.
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Effects of different pretreatment methods on fermentation types and dominant bacteria for hydrogen production

TL;DR: In this article, four pretreatment methods including heat-shock pretreatment, acid-pre-treatment, alkaline pretreatment and repeated-aeration pretreatment were performed on the seed sludge which was collected from a secondary settling tank of a municipal wastewater treatment plant.
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Anaerobic fermentation for n-caproic acid production: A review

TL;DR: In this article, a review of n-caproic acid production is presented, focusing on metabolic pathways, kinetics and thermodynamics, substrates, reactors, inhibition of competing biological activities, pH, and acid extraction.
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Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater

TL;DR: The most widely read reference in the water industry, Water Industry Reference as discussed by the authors, is a comprehensive reference tool for water analysis methods that covers all aspects of USEPA-approved water analysis.
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Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances

TL;DR: In this article, a method was developed to determine submicro amounts of sugars and related substances using a phenol-sulfuric acid reaction, which is useful for the determination of the composition of polysaccharides and their methyl derivatives.
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Profiling of complex microbial populations by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of polymerase chain reaction-amplified genes coding for 16S rRNA

TL;DR: Analysis of the genomic DNA from a bacterial biofilm grown under aerobic conditions suggests that sulfate-reducing bacteria, despite their anaerobicity, were present in this environment.
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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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Biohydrogen production: prospects and limitations to practical application

TL;DR: 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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