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Improvements In The Process Of Biohydrogen Production By Thermotoga Neapolitana, Louis Hill

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The production of biological hydrogen is an important process for the future of sustainability and alternative energies. Thermotoga neapolitana is a hyperthermophilic bacterium that produces H ₂ , CO₂ and acetate via fermentation. The goal of the research was to investigate the sustainable production of H₂ gas using waste agricultural feedstocks, recycled water and a simplified N₂ sparging method technique. A limited sparging method was developed which includes 1 minute of N₂ gas sparging of the reactor headspace and 90 minutes of idle reaction time for cysteine-HCl to react with dissolved oxygen prior to inoculation. This …