Stably sustained hydrogen production by biophotolysis in natural day/night cycle

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作者
Miura, Y
Akano, T
Fukatsu, K
Miyasaka, H
Mizoguchi, T
Yagi, K
Maeda, I
Ikuta, Y
Matsumoto, H
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hydrogen; green alga; photosynthetic bacteria; biophotolysis; PHB accumulation; nitrogenase; photosynthetic production of H-2;
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10.1016/S0196-8904(96)00323-8
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O414.1 [热力学];
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摘要
Our photobiological hydrogen production system was successfully scaled up to a pilot plant scale in the photosynthetic starch accumulation and the fermentative production of organic compounds from starch by Chlamydomonas MGA 161 and the hydrogen photoproduction by Rhodovulum sulfidophilum W-1S from organic compounds produced by Chlamydomonas MGA 161 in the natural day/night cycle, The conversion yield of organic compounds from starch of Chlamydomonas MGA 161 was 80 to 100 % of the theoretical yield, but the molar yield of hydrogen photoproduction of Rv. sulfidophilum W-1S was approximately 40 %. One main cause for the low hydrogen yield of Rv. sulfidophilum W-1S was a competition between the accumulation of intracellular Poly (3-hydroxybutyric acid), PHB, and the hydrogen production under light anaerobic conditions. The PHB accumulation was repressed and the hydrogen photoproduction was promoted by enhancing the nitrogenase activity of Rv. sulfidophilum W-1S. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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页码:S533 / S537
页数:5
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