Biohydrogen and biomethane from water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) fermentation: Effects of substrate concentration and incubation temperature

Chuang, Yeong Song; Lay, Chyi-How; Sen, Biswarup; Chen, Chin Chao; Kumar, Gopalakrishnan; Wu, Jou Hsien; Lin, Chih Shan; Lin, Ching-Nan

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.04.188

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“…Uses: Water hyacinth is extensively grown in "waste water treatment and clean-up of polluted" environments [168,169], and also in bio energy production [170]. Water hyacinth is also used in paper-making industry, in making ropes, floor mats, in biogas production etc., in Indonesia and India [5,6].…”

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Alien Invasive Aquatic Plant Species in Botswana: Historical Perspective and Management

Kurugundla¹,

Mathangwane²,

Sakuringwa³

et al. 2016

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Aquatic ecosystems in Botswana have been under threat by the aquatic alien invasive plant species viz., salvinia Salvinia molesta Mitchell, water lettuce Pistia stratiotes L., and water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laub. While salvinia has been termed the major threat to the Botswana wetlands, water lettuce and water hyacinth are considered to be of minor importance. This review presents the species biology, distribution, historical spread, negative impacts, control achieved right from their discovery in the country by referring to their control and management in the world.Having infested the Kwando-Linyanti-Chobe Rivers in the 1970s, salvinia was initially tried by the use of herbicides, paraquat and glyphosate, between 1972 and 1976. With the discovery of the host specific biological control weevil Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands in 1981, the weevil was introduced by Namibians on Kwando and Chobe Rivers in 1983 and by Botswana in 1986 in the Okavango Delta. While the control was slowly establishing in Kwando-Linyanti-Chobe Rivers, it became apparent that lakes and perennial swamps within and outside Moremi Game Reserve of the Okavango Delta were infested with salvinia from 1992 onwards.With continuous and sustained liberation of the weevil in the Kwando-Linyanti-Chobe Rivers and in the Okavango Delta between 1999 and 2000, salvinia control was achieved by 2003, and since then the weevil constantly keeps the weed at low levels. The success is mainly due to sustainable monitoring through the application of physical and biological control methods. However, salvinia is still threatening the Okavango Delta due to factors such as tourism activities, boat navigation fishing and transporttion by wild animals.The first occurrence of water lettuce was recorded on Kwando and Chobe Rivers in 1986. Its biocontrol weevil Neohydronomous affinis Hustache was released in the year 1987. The weevil became extinct in Selinda Canal and Zibadianja Lake on Kwando River due to dry and wet events for over 10 years and the weed had been under control biologically on Chobe River. Having surface covered the Selinda and a part of the Zibadianja in high flood and rainfall in 1999/2000 season, research was undertaken to contain water lettuce, which led to its eradication by 2005. Regular physical removal of the water lettuce prior to fruit maturity is an effective method of control or eradicating the weed in seasonal water bodies.The Limpopo Basin (shared by Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique) has become vulnerable to water hyacinth infestation. Water hyacinth infested the trans-boundary Limpopo River in 2010 sourced from Hartbeesport Dam on Crocodile River in South Africa. Botswana and South Africa have been consulting each other to implement integrated control of the weed jointly in the Limpopo River. Water hyacinth could be a continuous threat to the dams and the rivers in the Limpopo basin if its control is not taken seriously.These three species are found growing in Botswana in a range of pH...

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Alien Invasive Aquatic Plant Species in Botswana: Historical Perspective and Management

Kurugundla¹,

Mathangwane²,

Sakuringwa³

et al. 2016

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“…to its greater capacity to use mixtures of substrates and to allow the balanced metabolic flow, in addition the production of biohydrogen with mixed cultures does not require sterilization, which is beneficial for the industrialization [4][5][6][7][8].…”

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Design and Construction of a Biohydrogen and Bioethanol Production System from the Biomass of the Eichhornia Crassipes

Uf¹,

Rodríguez²

2018

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Introduction: Biofuels, biohydrogen and bioethanol have properties that stand out from other fossil fuels, are colorless, odorless, and insipid, therefore, they are free of contaminants. Its production can be generated from the biomass of the aquatic plant Eichhornia crassipes, since this alternative is timely and viable due to its high energy composition. This plant is a problem in wetlands, rivers and other hydrosystems, due to its abundance and dominance over other species of aquatic plants, and which in effect causes an ecological imbalance. Objective: To evaluate the production of biohydrogen and bioethanol from the biomass of the E. crassipes plant. Materials and methods: Lignocellulosic material was used, realizing different physical, chemical and biological processes such as: reduction of size, lignin removal, acid hydrolysis, fermentation and distillation. a laboratory scale production system was designed and built where two bioreactors were used in the process. Results and discussion: the production of bioethanol and biohydrogen showed a production index of more than 40 mg of bioethanol per gram of bio-mass of E. crassipes and in relation to biohydrogen, 65 mmol / L was obtained. Conclusion: With the biomass of E. crassipes it is possible to obtain a high index of bio-fuel production, since it is possible to take advantage of its physical characteristics and its high proliferation in hydrosystems, in this way it constitutes an optimal alternative to produce biohydrogen and bioethanol at a high scale.

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“…The control measures adopted worldwide have exhibited varying extent of success, but complete eradication has not yet achieved (Ray et al 2009;Patel 2012;Stubbs and Kennedy 2012). However, studies have reported that water hyacinth can be a good source of energy owing to the profuse growth and abundance (Mathur and Singh 2004;Gunnarsson and Petersen 2007;Mishima et al 2008;Chuang et al 2011;Das et al 2016). The dry plant biomass mainly comprises of cellulose (18-31%), hemicellulose (18-43%) and lignin (7-26%) Bergier et al 2012;Barua and Kalamdhad 2016).…”

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“…The high content of carbohydrate can be hydrolysed through acidic and alkaline treatment into fermentable sugars Aswathy et al 2009;Barua and Kalamdhad 2016). Efforts done to tap the biomass as a suitable feedstock for the production of biofuels like biogas (Vivekanand et al 2013;Barua and Kalamdhad 2016), bioethanol (Das et al 2016;Shanab et al 2017), biohydrogen Chuang et al 2011;Lazaro et al 2014) and biodiesel (Shanab et al 2017) have been proved successful O'Sullivan et al 2010;Sharma et al 2016).…”

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Biohydrogen production by locally isolated facultative bacterial species using the biomass of Eichhornia crassipes: effect of acid and alkali treatment

Mechery¹,

Biji²,

Thomas³

et al. 2017

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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Hydrogen (H 2 ) produced from biological methods is a potential option to meet the growing clean energy needs. The present study aimed to produce biohydrogen by dark fermentation from nuisance aquatic weed, Eichhornia crassipes, using facultative anaerobic bacteria. A total of 12 bacterial strains were isolated from different wastewater sources and were screened for the potential of H 2 production using glucose as carbon source. Ten strains showed the H 2 -producing potential and were identified up to the generic level by biochemical tests. Two strains with higher H 2 production were sequenced using PCR technique and identified as Proteus mirabilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and selected for the studies with E. crassipes as the substrate. It was found that P. aeruginosa could produce 19.54 ± 0.03% of H 2 from 2% acid (H 2 SO 4 ) treated substrate which was comparatively higher than that of 4 and 8% treatments. P. mirabilis also yielded better results of 5.42 ± 0.02% H 2 f or 2% acid (H 2 SO 4 ) treated substrate than 4 and 8% treatments. In total, 33.52 ± 0.04% of H 2 was produced by P. aeruginosa for the substrate treated with 2% alkali (NaOH). It was noted that with respect to P. mirabilis 4% alkali treated substrate yielded a higher percentage of H 2 (20.23 ± 0.03%) compared to the other two concentrations. The results indicate that alkali treated substrate produced comparatively higher amount of H 2 than that of acid treated substrates. Regarding efficiency, P. aeruginosa was found to be more competent than P. mirabilis.

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Biohydrogen and biomethane from water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) fermentation: Effects of substrate concentration and incubation temperature

Cited by 113 publications

References 23 publications

Alien Invasive Aquatic Plant Species in Botswana: Historical Perspective and Management

Alien Invasive Aquatic Plant Species in Botswana: Historical Perspective and Management

Design and Construction of a Biohydrogen and Bioethanol Production System from the Biomass of the Eichhornia Crassipes

Biohydrogen production by locally isolated facultative bacterial species using the biomass of Eichhornia crassipes: effect of acid and alkali treatment

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