Table 2
Biohydrogen production using microalgal biomass as substrate
Microalgae
Carbohydrate
content (% w/
w)
Biomass
(g/L)
Pretreatment
Inoculum
Operational
conditions
a
H
2 yield
Reference
Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii
–
–
Enzymatic
Thermotoga
neapolitana
DSM 4359
Serum bottles,
T
= 75 °C
311.1 mL/g
glucose
Nguyen et al. (2010)
Lipid-extracted
Scenedesmus
obliquus
24.7
18
Steam heating with
dilute NaOH
Anaerobic
digested sludge
Serum bottles,
T
= 37 °C,
pH = 6.3
45.54 mL/gVS
Yang et al. (2010)
Chlorella
vulgaris
8.0
–
No pretreatment
Satellite bacteria
associated with
algal biomass
Glass bottles,
T
= 37 °C,
pH = 8.0
10.8 mL/gVS
Lakaniemi et al. (2011)
Dunaliella
tertiolecta
4.0
12.6 mL/gVS
Arthrospira
platensis
44.4
20
Microwave heating
with dilute
H
2 SO
4 + Enzymatic
Anaerobic
activated sludge
Serum bottles,
T
= 35°C,
pH = 6.5
96.6 mL/gTS
Cheng et al. (2012)
Chlorella
vulgaris
ESP6
57.0
Steam heating with
dilute HCl
Clostridium
butyricum
CGS5
Serum bottles,
T
= 37°C,
pH = 7.0
81.0 mL/g TS
Liu et al. (2012)
Chlorella
sorokiniana
–
10
Steam heating with
dilute HCl
Enterobacter
cloacae
IIT-BT
08
Double jacketed
reactor,
T
= 37 °C,
pH = 6.8
201.6 mL/g
COD
Kumar et al. (2013)
Nannochloropsis
oceanica
21.9
25
Microwave heating
with dilute H
2 SO
4
Anaerobic
digested sludge
Glass bottles,
T
= 35 °C,
pH = 6.0
39.0 mL/gVS
Xia et al. (2013)
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