Hydrogen gas generation from refuse-derived fuel (RDF) under wet conditions
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Evaluation of Integrated Anaerobic Digestion and Hydrothermal Carbonization for Bioenergy Production
Published on: June 15, 2014
Makiko Sakka1, Tetsuya Kimura, Kazuo Sakka
1Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University, Kamihamacho, Tsu, Japan. makiko@bio.mie-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
An explosion has recently occurred at a silo containing refuse-derived fuels (RDF) in Japan. There is a possibility that microorganisms are involved in generation of combustible gas from RDF and this study was aimed at showing the presence of bacteria that can ferment RDF pellets. All RDF samples tested contained a relatively high number of viable bacterial cells, 1.4x10(5) to 3.2x10(6) viable cells/g. These bacteria in the RDF samples fermented them to generate heat and hydrogen gas.
