Chapter 4
Biohydrogen Production from Biomass
Lekshmi Gangadhar, Nalluri Abhishek, Putti Venkata Siva Teja,
T. O. Daniel, Siva Sankar Sana, G. R. Arpitha, and Anima Nanda
Abstract Dependence on fossil fuels as the key sources of energy has led to severe
energy crisis and environmental issues, i.e., depletion of fossil fuel and emission of
pollutants. Production of hydrogen plays a very important role in the hydrogen
economy. One of the promising approaches to hydrogen production is the conversion from abundant, clean, and sustainable biomass. Alternative thermochemical
(pyrolysis and gasification) and biological processes (biophotolysis, water-gas shift
reaction, and fermentation) can be applied to the production of hydrogen in practice.
Biomass research is receiving increasing attention recently due to the probable
application of waste-to-energy. It is possible that converting biomass into gaseous
and queous fuels, electricity, and especially hydrogen is a more efficient way of
using biomass.
L. Gangadhar
Department of Nanotechnology, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher education, Kumaracoil,
Tamilnadu, India
N. Abhishek
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and
Technology, Wuhan, China
P. V. S. Teja
Dhanekula Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
T. O. Daniel
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and
Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
S. S. Sana (*)
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan, China
G. R. Arpitha
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Presidency University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
A. Nanda
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Clean Energy Production Technologies,
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Biohydrogen Production from Biomass
Lekshmi Gangadhar, Nalluri Abhishek, Putti Venkata Siva Teja,
T. O. Daniel, Siva Sankar Sana, G. R. Arpitha, and Anima Nanda
Abstract Dependence on fossil fuels as the key sources of energy has led to severe
energy crisis and environmental issues, i.e., depletion of fossil fuel and emission of
pollutants. Production of hydrogen plays a very important role in the hydrogen
economy. One of the promising approaches to hydrogen production is the conversion from abundant, clean, and sustainable biomass. Alternative thermochemical
(pyrolysis and gasification) and biological processes (biophotolysis, water-gas shift
reaction, and fermentation) can be applied to the production of hydrogen in practice.
Biomass research is receiving increasing attention recently due to the probable
application of waste-to-energy. It is possible that converting biomass into gaseous
and queous fuels, electricity, and especially hydrogen is a more efficient way of
using biomass.
L. Gangadhar
Department of Nanotechnology, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher education, Kumaracoil,
Tamilnadu, India
N. Abhishek
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and
Technology, Wuhan, China
P. V. S. Teja
Dhanekula Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
T. O. Daniel
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and
Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
S. S. Sana (*)
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan, China
G. R. Arpitha
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Presidency University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
A. Nanda
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
M. Srivastava et al. (eds.), Bioenergy Research: Revisiting Latest Development,
Clean Energy Production Technologies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4615-4_4
79