THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN FROM THE RESIDUE OF PALM OIL

Currently, fossil fuels are the basis of the global energy requirements which lead to the foreseeable depletion of limited fossil energy resources. Because of the production of pollutants like NOx, SOx, COx, CxHx, ash, soot, and the droplets of tars, the use of fossil fuels causes the change of global climate. Furthermore, based on the growth of urbanization and industrialization, environmental pollution is a very important issue to be tackled. Therefore, the search for clean energy alternatives to satisfy growing energy demand is crucial. The main purpose of doing the present study is to perform isolation of bacteria from waste of palm oil, to conduct bacterial characterization (microbiology and biochemical tests), and to perform hydrogen production assay. For this purpose, 2 samples (raw and sludge) were collected to isolate the bacteria of interest including facultative anaerobic and strict anaerobic bacteria. The isolated bacteria were characterized by microbial and biochemical tests in order to identify them and determine the characteristics to use them for hydrogen production. This study proves that the isolated bacteria from raw and sludge samples of POME grown under anaerobic condition are able to produce hydrogen, and the bacteria isolated of strict anaerobic from sludge samples (Sludge1) produced highest amount of hydrogen gas from starch fermentation.

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