TY - JOUR
T1 - Biological fermentation pilot-scale systems and evaluation for commercial viability towards sustainable biohydrogen production
AU - Zhang, Quanguo
AU - Jiao, Youzhou
AU - He, Chao
AU - Ruan, Roger
AU - Hu, Jianjun
AU - Ren, Jingzheng
AU - Toniolo, Sara
AU - Jiang, Danping
AU - Lu, Chaoyang
AU - Li, Yameng
AU - Man, Yi
AU - Zhang, Huan
AU - Zhang, Zhiping
AU - Xia, Chenxi
AU - Wang, Yi
AU - Jing, Yanyan
AU - Zhang, Xueting
AU - Lin, Ruojue
AU - Li, Gang
AU - Yue, Jianzhi
AU - Tahir, Nadeem
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52076068 to Q.G.Z., 52206244 to Y.M.L., 52276183 to Z.P.Z., 52106240 to H.Z., and 52176184 to Y.Z.J.), Excellent Youth Science Foundation of Henan Province (No. 232300421063 to Z.P.Z.) and Scientific and Technological Innovation Talents plan in Colleges and Universities of Henan Province (No.22HASTIT024 to C.H. and 24 HASTIT023 to Z.P.Z.).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/5/28
Y1 - 2024/5/28
N2 - Featuring high caloric value, clean-burning, and renewability, hydrogen is a fuel believed to be able to change energy structure worldwide. Biohydrogen production technologies effectively utilize waste biomass resources and produce high-purity hydrogen. Improvements have been made in the biohydrogen production process in recent years. However, there is a lack of operational data and sustainability analysis from pilot plants to provide a reference for commercial operations. In this report, based on spectrum coupling, thermal effect, and multiphase flow properties of hydrogen production, continuous pilot-scale biohydrogen production systems (dark and photo-fermentation) are established as a research subject. Then, pilot-scale hydrogen production systems are assessed in terms of sustainability. The system being evaluated, consumes 171,530 MJ of energy and emits 9.37 t of CO2 eq when producing 1 t H2, and has a payback period of 6.86 years. Our analysis also suggests future pathways towards effective biohydrogen production technology development and real-world implementation.
AB - Featuring high caloric value, clean-burning, and renewability, hydrogen is a fuel believed to be able to change energy structure worldwide. Biohydrogen production technologies effectively utilize waste biomass resources and produce high-purity hydrogen. Improvements have been made in the biohydrogen production process in recent years. However, there is a lack of operational data and sustainability analysis from pilot plants to provide a reference for commercial operations. In this report, based on spectrum coupling, thermal effect, and multiphase flow properties of hydrogen production, continuous pilot-scale biohydrogen production systems (dark and photo-fermentation) are established as a research subject. Then, pilot-scale hydrogen production systems are assessed in terms of sustainability. The system being evaluated, consumes 171,530 MJ of energy and emits 9.37 t of CO2 eq when producing 1 t H2, and has a payback period of 6.86 years. Our analysis also suggests future pathways towards effective biohydrogen production technology development and real-world implementation.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85194837388
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-024-48790-4
DO - 10.1038/s41467-024-48790-4
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38806457
AN - SCOPUS:85194837388
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 15
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
IS - 1
M1 - 4539
ER -
