Effects of pH, glucose and iron sulfate concentration on the yield of biohydrogen by Clostridium butyricum EB6

A local bacterial isolate from palm oil mill effluent (POME) sludge, identified as Clostridium butyricum EB6, was used for biohydrogen production. Optimization of biohydrogen production was performed via statistical analysis, namely response surface methodology(RSM), with respect to pH, glucose and...

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Main Authors: Chong, Mei Ling, Abdul Rahman, Nor'aini, Phang, Lai Yee, Abd. Aziz, Suraini, Abdul Rahim, Raha, Shirai, Yoshihito, Hassan, Mohd Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14399/1/Effects%20of%20pH.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14399/
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Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:A local bacterial isolate from palm oil mill effluent (POME) sludge, identified as Clostridium butyricum EB6, was used for biohydrogen production. Optimization of biohydrogen production was performed via statistical analysis, namely response surface methodology(RSM), with respect to pH, glucose and iron concentration. The results show that pH, glucose concentration and iron concentration significantly influenced the biohydrogen gas production individually, interactively and quadratically (P < 0.05). The center composite design (CCD) results indicated that pH 5.6, 15.7 g/L glucose and 0.39 g/L FeSO4 were the optimal conditions for biohydrogen production, yielding 2.2 mol H2/mol glucose. In confirmation of the experimental model, t-test results showed that curve fitted to the experimental data had a high confidence level, at 95% with t ¼ 2.225. Based on the results of this study, optimization of the culture conditions for C. butyricum EB6 significantly increased the production of biohydrogen.