Comparison of two anaerobic systems for hydrogen production from the organic fraction of municipal solidwaste and syntheticwastewater

Comparison of two anaerobic systems for hydrogen production from the organic fraction of municipal solidwaste and syntheticwastewater - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 32(15), p.3141-3146, 2007 .

Two laboratory scale anaerobic digestion systems for hydrogen production from organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW)and synthetic wastewater were compared in this study. One of them was formed by a coupled packed bed reactor (PBR)containing 19.4 L of OFMSW and the other an upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB)of 3.85 L. The reactors were inoculated with a mixture of non-anaerobic inocula. In the UASB the percentage of hydrogen yield reached 51


HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
PACKED BED REACTOR
UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BED REACTOR