Table 8.3 Hydrogen potential of food waste
Substrate
Type of
operation
Temperature (
C)
H 2 yield
H 2
production
rate
References
Food waste (3%
VS)
Batch
Mesophilic
0.1 mol/mol
hexose
[91]
Food waste
ASBR
Not reported
80.9 mL/g VS
0.11 L/L/h
[92]
Food waste
CSTR
Not reported
25.8 mL/g VS
0.04 L/L/h
[93]
Food waste
Batch
Mesophilic
53.4–78.7 N mL/
g VS
[94]
Food waste
Batch
Mesophilic
14.6–104.8 mL/g
VS fed
[95, 96]
Food waste +
sludge
Batch
Mesophilic
11.57–102.6 mL/
g VS fed
[95, 96]
Food waste +
sewage sludge
Batch
Mesophilic
162 mL/g VS fed
[97]
Food waste
Batch
Mesophilic
39 mL/g VS fed
[98]
Food waste
Batch
Mesophilic
37–101 mL/g
COD
[99]
Food waste
Batch
Mesophilic
153.5 mL/g VS
fed
[100]
Food waste
Batch
Mesophilic
16.5 mL/g VS fed
[101]
Food waste
Continuous
Mesophilic
34.7–310 mL/g
VS fed
390 mL/g COD
[102, 103]
Food waste and
sewage sludge
Batch
Mesophilic
123 mL/g COD
carbohydrate
60 mL/g VS fed
2.67 L/g
VSS/d
[104]
Liquid food waste Continuous
Mesophilic
1.82 mol/mol
glucose
[105]
Restaurant food
waste
Batch
Mesophilic
2.82 mL/g COD
[106]
Food waste
CSTR
Mesophilic
64.7 mL/g VS fed
[107]
Food waste
Batch
Hyperthermophilic 82.9–133.5 mL/g
VS fed
[108]
Food waste (6 g
VS/L)
Batch
Thermophilic
1.8 mol/mol
hexose
0.29 L/g
VSS/d
[91]
Food waste (3%
VS)
Batch
Thermophilic
0.9 mol/mol
hexose
[91]
Food waste
Continuous
Thermophilic
125.0 mL/g VS
fed
1.00 L/L/h
[109]
Food waste
Batch
Thermophilic
137.2 mL/g VS
fed
[101]
Vegetable food
waste
Batch
Thermophilic
0.48 mmol/g
COD fed
[110]
Vegetable food
waste
Semicontinuous Thermophilic
1.7 mmol/g COD
fed
72 mL/g VS fed
[111]
Food waste
Batch
Thermophilic
57 mL/g VS fed
[98]
Food waste
Semicontinuous Thermophilic
205 mL/g VS fed
[112]
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