Effect of 5-HMF and furfural additives on bio-hydrogen production by photo-fermentation from giant reed

Jiabin Yang; Danping Jiang; Xuenan Shui; Tingzhou Lei; Huan Zhang; Zhiping Zhang; Xueting Zhang; Shengnan Zhu; Quanguo Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126743

Effect of 5-HMF and furfural additives on bio-hydrogen production by photo-fermentation from giant reed

Bioresour Technol. 2022 Mar:347:126743. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126743. Epub 2022 Jan 20.

Authors

Jiabin Yang¹, Danping Jiang¹, Xuenan Shui¹, Tingzhou Lei², Huan Zhang¹, Zhiping Zhang¹, Xueting Zhang³, Shengnan Zhu¹, Quanguo Zhang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of New Materials and Facilities for Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China), Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
² Institute of Urban and Rural Mining, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China.
³ Institute of Agriculture engineering, Huanghe S & T University, Zhengzhou 450006, China.
⁴ Key Laboratory of New Materials and Facilities for Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China), Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China. Electronic address: zquanguo@163.com.

PMID: 35066127
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126743

Abstract

Substances harmful to photo-fermentative biological hydrogen production (PFHP) were produced during cellulose hydrolysis. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of by-products (5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) and furfural) released from lignocellulose during enzymatic hydrolysis process on PFHP. The exist of 5-HMF inhibited the hydrogen production. However, 0.2 g/L furfural improved the hydrogen production by 19 % compared to no addition (511.6 mL) with a maximum concentration of nitrogenase (109.96 IU/L) at 96 h. Furthermore, a 18.7 % enhancement of hydrogen production was also observed when 0.2 g/L 5-HMF and furfural were mixed at a ratio of 1:1, while decrement of hydrogen production at higher addition was observed as well. Through the scatter matrix analysis, it was concluded that 5-HMF and furfural additives had significant effects on PFHP. This study gave an insight into effect of lignocellulosic by-products on biohydrogen production.

Keywords: 5-HMF, Furfural; Bio-hydrogen production; Nitrogenase; Scattered matrix analysis.

MeSH terms

Fermentation
Furaldehyde*
Hydrogen*

Substances

Hydrogen
Furaldehyde