Effects of pretreatment methods on solubilization of beet-pulp and bio-hydrogen production yield

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2011-01-01

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Ozkan, Leyla
Bayramoğlu, Tuba Hande
DEMİRER, GÖKSEL NİYAZİ

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Sugar processing wastewater and beet-pulp are two major waste streams of sugar-beet processing plants. Contrary to wastewater, beet-pulp is generally used as animal feed in cattle-raising industry. However, it can serve as a substrate for bio-hydrogen production which corresponds to a higher valorization of beet-pulp. Moreover, pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials like beet-pulp is needed in order to improve overall energy efficiency and enable economic feasibility of bio-hydrogen production. Therefore, the effect pretreatment methods (alkaline, thermal, microwave, thermal-alkaline and microwave-alkaline) on bio-hydrogen production from sugar beet-pulp through dark fermentation were investigated in this study. Reactors pretreated with alkaline, microwave-alkaline and thermal-alkaline methods yielded significant solubilization of beet-pulp compared to others. Therefore, in the second phase of the study, they were used to pretreat the beet-pulp which was then subjected to dark fermentation for bio-hydrogen production. Maximum bio-hydrogen production yield of 115.6 mL H-2/g COD was observed in reactor which contained alkaline pretreated beet-pulp. (C) 2010 Professor T. Nejat Veziroglu. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Sugar-beet processing wastes, Anaerobic digestion, Pretreatment, Bio-hydrogen

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41221

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.10.006

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Department of Environmental Engineering, Article

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L. Ozkan, T. H. Bayramoğlu, and G. N. DEMİRER, “Effects of pretreatment methods on solubilization of beet-pulp and bio-hydrogen production yield,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, pp. 382–389, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41221.