State of the Art and Progress in Production of Biohydrogen

Author(s): Patrick C. Hallenbeck

DOI: 10.2174/978160805224011201010094

Fundamentals of Dark Hydrogen Fermentations: Multiple Pathways and Enzymes

Pp: 94-111 (18)

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State of the Art and Progress in Production of Biohydrogen

Fundamentals of Dark Hydrogen Fermentations: Multiple Pathways and Enzymes

Author(s): Patrick C. Hallenbeck

Pp: 94-111 (18)

DOI: 10.2174/978160805224011201010094

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

Biohydrogen production through dark fermentation could be a promising route to the generation of a renewable fuel source. Dark fermentation is attractive since its deployment would probably be based on known reactor technology, and, in a first application, could use various carbohydrate rich waste streams, followed by lignocellulosics, a vast largely untapped resource. A thorough understanding of the enzymes and pathways is involved would help develop strategies, especially metabolic engineering, for improving rates and yields of hydrogen production. Here, the various hydrogenases and their active sites and biochemistry are discussed followed by an examination of known hydrogen producing pathways.


Keywords: Hydrogen fermentation, [FeFe] hydrogenase, [NiFe] hydrogenase, Clostridium, Escherchia coli, mixed acid fermentation, syntrophic metabolism, carbohydrate degradation, ethanol-acetate cofermentation, redox balance.

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