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Review
. 2017 Jun 14:15:63-69.
doi: 10.1016/j.btre.2017.06.001. eCollection 2017 Sep.

Hydrogen from algal biomass: A review of production process

Archita Sharma  1 , Shailendra Kumar Arya  1
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Review

Hydrogen from algal biomass: A review of production process

Archita Sharma et al. Biotechnol Rep (Amst). .

Abstract

Multifariousness of biofuel sources has marked an edge to an imperative energy issue. Production of hydrogen from microalgae has been gathering much contemplation right away. But, mercantile production of microalgae biofuels considering bio-hydrogen is still not practicable because of low biomass concentration and costly down streaming processes. This review has taken up the hydrogen production by microalgae. Biofuels are the up and coming alternative to exhaustible, environmentally and unsafe fossil fuels. Algal biomass has been considered as an enticing raw material for biofuel production, these days photobioreactors and open-air systems are being used for hydrogen production from algal biomass. The formers allow the careful cultivation control whereas the latter ones are cheaper and simpler. A contemporary, encouraging optimization access has been included called algal cell immobilization on various matrixes which has resulted in marked increase in the productivity per volume of a reactor and addition of the hydrogen-production phase.

Keywords: Algae; Biofuels; Bioreactors; Hydrogen; Immobilization.

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Hydrogen production methods.
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Dark fermentation with different type of microorganisms.
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Multi-stage bioreactor system.
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