A comparative evaluation of dark fermentative bioreactor configurations for enhanced hydrogen production

作     者：Goren, Aysegul Yagmur Dincer, Ibrahim Khalvati, Ali 

作者机构： Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Ontario Tech University OshawaONL1G 0C5 Canada Faculty of Engineering Department of Environmental Engineering Izmir Institute of Technology Urla Turkey Viona Consulting Inc Agro-Environmental Innovation and Technology Research and Development Company ThornhillONL3T 0C6 Canada 

出 版 物：《Environmental Science and Pollution Research》 (Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res.)

年 卷 期：2025年第32卷第5期

页      面：2182-2209页

核心收录：

学科分类：0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 082703[工学-核技术及应用] 08[工学] 0827[工学-核科学与技术] 

主　　题：Reactor refueling 

摘      要：Energy from renewable resources has been growing in popularity, which ultimately helps reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and contaminants. Since hydrogen (H2) has a higher combustion production of energy than hydrocarbon fuels, it has been identified as a clean, sustainable, and environmentally friendly energy source. There are several benefits to producing biohydrogen (bioH2) from renewable sources, including lower cost and increased sustainability. Among the bioH2 production processes, dark fermentation supports commercialization and scale-up for industrial applications. This paper considers the various bioreactors, such as anaerobic sequencing batch, continuous stirred, up-flow, fixed-bed, and membrane reactors, and their operational approaches for bioH2 production. This review paper also performs the bibliometric analysis method to identify historical and current developments in a particular field of reactor configuration studies. Furthermore, the main variables influencing reactor performance and methods for increasing process efficiency considering economic and environmental aspects are addressed. The results revealed that continuously stirred reactors are widely utilized for bioH2 production as a cost-effective reactor configuration. Moreover, the membrane bioreactors and fixed-bed reactors are yielded higher bioH2 performance than other configurations. Nevertheless, high energy consumption and costs have presented the need for further development of reactors. Consequently, future recommendations to solve the critical problems faced in reactor configurations, the gaps in the literature, and the points that need improvement were comprehensively reported. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2025.