1. Surfactant assisted microwave irradiation pretreatment of corncob: Effect on hydrogen production capacity, energy consumption and physiochemical structure.
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Fan, Xiaoni, Li, Yameng, Luo, Zhongyang, Jiao, Yinggang, Ai, Fuke, Zhang, Haorui, Zhu, Shengnan, Zhang, Quanguo, and Zhang, Zhiping
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INDUSTRIAL capacity , *ENERGY consumption , *CORNCOBS , *MICROWAVES , *SURFACE active agents , *HYDROGEN production , *BIOSURFACTANTS - Abstract
[Display omitted] • Surfactants aided microwave treatment was a promising pretreatment method. • The highest CHY of 367.87 ± 6.481 mL was obtained after SMIP. • The more energy saved by SMIP was confirmed by the energy assessment. • Significant structural damage of lignocellulose was observed after SMIP. The combination pretreatment strategy is an effective way to intensify photo-fermentative biohydrogen production (PFHP) process. In this study, the synergistic effects of microwave irradiation and surfactants on the hydrogen production performance, energy analysis and structural characteristics was evaluated. Results revealed that hydrogen production performance was improved after microwave irradiation pretreatment (MIP) and surfactants assisted microwave irradiation pretreatment (SMIP). SMIP group had a higher cumulative hydrogen yield (CHY) of 367.87 ± 6.481 mL compared with control group (223.26 ± 4.329 mL) and MIP group (303.66 ± 3.366 mL), which was an increase of 36.01% and 64.77%, respectively. Energy evaluation analysis showed that the energy ratio of SMIP (0.49) was higher than that of MIP (0.37) in the PFHP system, therefore, SMIP can save more energy. After SMIP, the corncob lignocellulose structure was greatly damaged, which was verified by SEM, FTIR, XRD and XPS analyses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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