Journal of Microbial & Biochemical Technology

Dark fermentative hydrogen production: Advancements and prospects of the future fuel

International Conference and Summit on Industrial & Pharmaceutical Microbiology

October 17-18, 2016 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Payal Mazumder

Tezpur University, India

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Microb Biochem Technol

Abstract:

Hydrogen is considered as the versatile and sustainable fuel of the future and is seen to have the potential to replace fossil fuels because it is environmentally benign. Dark fermentative biohydrogen production (BHP) has an edge over other processes because of high rate of H2 production, utilization in waste treatment and suitable for commercialization. Intensive researches have been done for advancements in the processes for yield to be economically viable. Many techniques like improved reactor design, immobilized cell reactors, development of sequential and combined dark and photo fermentation have been employed. Along with these the use of genetically modified microbes by over expression of hydrogenases, enhancing their stability and performance is suitable for H2 production in commercial scale. Physiological manipulation, metabolic engineering and metabolic flux analysis may be further helpful. The exploitation of mixed cultures and biofilms are also done for improvement in yield. With the advent of microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip technologies biological research has undergone a revolution. A lab-on-chip device make all processes from sample preparation to analysis on a single chip and save time and reduce complications that are faced by large reactors. The microfabricated devices can facilitate biohydrogen synthesis by manipulating with precision even very small amount of samples making it possible to integrate large-scale high-throughput studies. Also microbial fuel cells that can be a second stage for utilization of fermentation end products can be facilitated by this technology. The scope of a sustainable environment is likely to be dependent on the developments of techniques for BHP.

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Email: payal.spinnersend@gmail.com