Experiments on hydrogen production using chemostat-type anaerobic digesters were conducted. The results indicate that the anaerobic acidogenic conversion of glucose can produce hydrogen. The hydrogenic activity of acclimated anaerobic sewage sludge is high at a short solids retention time (SRT) and low pH. At pH 5.7, SRT 0.25 days and an organic loading rate of 416 mmolglucose dm À3 day
À1, each mole of glucose in the mesophilic acidogenic reactor can produce 1.7 mol of hydrogen; each gram of biomass produces 0.456 mole of hydrogen per day. Moreover, the hydrogen productivity of the sludge is comparable to that of an enrichment culture.
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