Fermentative hydrogen production from microalgal biomass by a single strain of bacterium Enterobacter aerogenes - Effect of operational conditions and fermentation kinetics

For the best operational conditions, fermentation kinetics were monitored and adjusted to the Modified Gompertz model, with t95 (time required for bioH2 production to attain 95% of the maximum yield) below 4.5 h. The maximum hydrogen production was higher when using wet algal biomass enabling the energy consuming biomass drying step to be skipped.