Bioelectrochemical hydrogen production with cheese whey as sole substrate

摘要

BACKGROUND: Microbial electrochemical systems (MXCs) are an emerging technology aiming at recovering energy contained in wastewaters either as electrical energy in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) or as hydrogen in microbial electrolysis cells (MECs). Successful results have been reported with readily biodegradable substrates, but the performance with real complex substrates needs to be evaluated to bridge the gap between lab- and full-scale. This work aims at studying bioelectrochemical hydrogen production using real cheese whey as sole substrate.