Assessment of Iron and Nickel nanoparticles influence on batch and continuous reactors fermentative hydrogen production

• Grant number: 17/23008-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: April 01, 2018
• End date: March 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Sanitary Engineering - Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
• Principal Investigator: Maria Bernadete Amâncio Varesche
• Grantee: Alana Gandra Lima de Moura
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/06246-7 - Biorefinery concept applied to biological wastewater treatment plants: environmental pollution control coupled with material and energy recovery, AP.TEM

Abstract

Production of biohydrogen has the potential to be a renewable alternative to current technologies. Fermentative hydrogen production may be catalyzed by iron and nickel nanoparticles, as these chemical elements are cofactors of hydrogenase enzyme. This study aims to assess hydrogen production improvement when iron and nickel nanoparticles are added to the fermentative process. Central composite design will be applied to batch tests with initial pH (5, 6 and 7), initial substrate concentration (5, 15 and 30 g of glucose L-1) and nanoparticles concentration as entrance variables. Further, four Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Reactors (AFBR) (with iron nanoparticles, with nickel nanoparticles, with iron and nickel nanoparticles and without nanoparticles) will be operated on the optimal condition for hydrogen production obtained from batch tests. AFBR operational stages will consist in: (I) fed with glucose composite synthetic wastewater and (II) fed with real wastewater (vinasse). At the end of each stage the biofilm microbial community will be characterized by RNAr 16S sequencing. As an innovative research and for better process understanding, both reactors (batch and AFBR) will be inoculated with Clostridium butyricum pure culture.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MOURA, A. G. L.; RABELO, C. A. B. S.; OKINO, C. H.; MAINTINGUER, I, S.; SILVA, E. L.; VARESCHE, M. B. A.. Enhancement of Clostridium butyricum hydrogen production by iron and nickel nanoparticles: Effects on hydA expression. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, v. 45, n. 53, p. 28447-28461, OCT 30 2020. (18/26470-7, 17/23008-8, 15/06246-7)

MOURA, ALANA G. L.; DELFORNO, TIAGO P.; RABELO, CAMILA A. B. S.; SILVA, EDSON L.; VARESCHE, MARIA B. A.. Iron zero valent nanoparticles applied in the biorefinery concept: Functional genes in continuous bioreactor fermenting vinasse. BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, v. 174, p. 14-pg., 2023-05-30. (17/23008-8, 15/06246-7, 18/26470-7)

MOURA, A. G. L.; DELFORNO, T. P.; RABELO, C. A. B. S.; KUMAR, G.; SILVA, E. L.; VARESCHE, M. B. A.. Iron and nickel nanoparticles role in volatile fatty acids production enhancement: Functional genes and bacterial taxonomy in an anaerobic fluidized bed reactor. Biochemical Engineering Journal, v. 187, p. 12-pg., 2022-10-07. (17/23008-8, 15/06246-7, 18/26470-7)

MOURA, ALANA G. L.; RABELO, CAMILA A. B. S.; SILVA, EDSON L.; VARESCHE, MARIA BERNADETE A.. Application of nanoparticles to increase biological hydrogen production: the difference in metabolic pathways in batch and continuous reactors. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY, v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2023-05-11. (17/23008-8, 15/06246-7, 18/26470-7)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MOURA, Alana Gandra Lima de. Evaluation of the influence of iron and nickel nanoparticles on the fermentative production of hydrogen in batch and continuous reactors. 2021. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) São Carlos.