ORBi: Hiligsmann Serge - Biohydrogen production from anaerobic digestion of carbohydrate organic matter.

Reference : Biohydrogen production from anaerobic digestion of carbohydrate organic matter.


	Document type :	Scientific congresses and symposiums : Poster
	Discipline(s) :	Life sciences : Microbiology Engineering, computing & technology : Multidisciplinary, general & others Life sciences : Biotechnology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/90756

Title :	Biohydrogen production from anaerobic digestion of carbohydrate organic matter.
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Hiligsmann, Serge [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences de la vie > Biochimie et microbiologie industrielles >]
	Masset, Julien [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences de la vie > Biochimie et microbiologie industrielles >]
	Beckers, Laurent [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences de la vie > Biochimie et microbiologie industrielles >]
	Hamilton, Christopher [Université de Liège - ULg > > Centre Wallon de biologie industrielle >]
	Thonart, Philippe [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences de la vie > Biochimie et microbiologie industrielles >]
Publication date :	16-Dec-2008
Audience :	National
Event name :	3rd Strategic Energy Forum
Event organizer :	FABI (Fédération Royale d'Associations Belges d'Ingénieurs Civils et d'Ingénieurs Agronomes et bioingénieurs - asbl)Koninklijke Vlaamse Ingenieursvereniging
	KVIV (Koninklijke Vlaamse Ingenieursvereniging)
	FEB/VOB (Federation of Enterprises in Belgium)
Event place (city) :	Bruxelles
Event country :	Belgique
Keywords :	[en] Clostridium ; hydrogen production ; biogas potential ; anaerobic digestion ; PEM fuel cell
Abstract :	[en] Hydrogen has received wide attention in the last decade as a clean energy vector. The major advantage of energy from hydrogen is the zero carbon emissions, since the utilization of hydrogen, either via combustion or via fuel cells, results in pure water. At industrial scale, steam reformation of methane is currently the major hydrogen producing process. However recently, increasing interest has been paid on biological production of hydrogen gas. Indeed, biohydrogen generation from renewable biomass would reduce dependence on fossil fuel, decrease the carbon dioxide emissions and produce usable bioenergy. Biological production of hydrogen using anaerobic bacteria is an exciting and promising new area of technology development that offers the potential production of usable hydrogen from a variety of renewable resources such as carbohydrates from agriculture or agro-food industries. This biological system is called dark fermentation and the most interesting bacteria strains are Clostridium sp. The investigations carried out at CWBI involve selection and characterization of bacteria strains, optimization of the biotechnological process and design of highly efficient bioreactors.
Research units :	Centre Wallon de Biologie Industrielle
Funders :	Région wallonne : Direction générale des Technologies, de la Recherche et de l'Energie - DGTRE ; Action de Recherches concertées ARC 07/12 04- ULg- Communauté française ; Fonds pour la formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (Communauté française de Belgique) - FRIA ; Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Communauté française de Belgique) - F.R.S.-FNRS
Name of the research project :	Etude de la production d'hydrogène par les bactéries anaérobies chimiotrophes (dark-fermentation)
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; General public
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/90756
Other URL :	http://www.microh2.ulg.ac.be
	http://cwbi.fsagx.ac.be

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