Abstract
Effect of organic loading rate (OLR), hydraulic retention time (HRT) and temperature variation on process stability of fermentative hydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent (POME) under thermophilic condition was investigated. High OLR (>70 gCOD/l/d) and low HRT (4 d) has significant affected on hydrogen productivity, process stability and microbial community. Hydrogen production at OLR of 55, 60, 65 and 70 gCOD/l/d was 2.4, 3.4, 4.9 and 3.7 L H2/L-POME, respectively. The decreasing in pH and alkalinity and increasing in total VFA could cause the instability of process. The microbial community was changed at OLR >70 gCOD/l/d, HRT 4 d and stop feeding. The dominant microbial community changed from Thermoanaerobacterim sp. to Clostridium sp., Thermoanaerobacterim sp. and Bacillus sp. Hydrogen production at HRT of 2, 4, stop feeding and 2 d was 2.7, 0.8, 0, and 2.6 L H2/L-POME, respectively. Hydrogen production, process stability and microbial community was not affected by variation of temperature. Hydrogen production before and after temperature variation was 2.5 and 2.45 L H2/L-POME.
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