Table Of ContentWaste to Renewable Biohydrogen
Numerical Modelling and Sustainability Assessment
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Waste to Renewable
Biohydrogen
Numerical Modelling and Sustainability
Assessment
Volume 2
Edited by
Quanguo Zhang
Director of the Key Laboratory of New Materials and Facilities for Rural
Renewable Energy of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China,
Henan Agricultural University, PR China; Dean of the Institute of
AgriculturalEngineering,HUANGHEScienceandTechnologyUniversity,
PR China
Chao He
Associate Professor and Director of the Department of Energy and
Environmental Engineering, College of Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, China
Jingzheng Ren
Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
Michael Evan Goodsite
Director, Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources,
Division of Research and Innovation, The University of Adelaide
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Contents
Contributors xi
1. Modeling of biohydrogen production by dark
fermentation
WeiWang,ShengyongLiuandYamengLi
1.1. Introduction 1
1.2. Mathematicalmodelingofbiohydrogenproductionbydark
fermentation 2
1.2.1 Gompertzmodel 3
1.2.2 LuedekingePiretmodel 4
1.2.3 Monodmodel 4
1.2.4 HanandLevenspielmodel 5
1.2.5 Anaerobicdigestionmodeln.1 5
1.3. Conclusion 10
References 11
2. Numerical simulation and application of
photofermentative bio-hydrogen production system
YiWangandChunyaoQing
2.1. Introduction 15
2.2. NumericalsimulationofbiomassPBHPS flowfield 17
2.2.1 Photofermentativepolyphasicflowhydrogen
productionsystem 17
2.2.2 Controlequation 19
2.2.3 Boundaryandinitialconditions 21
2.2.4 Meshingandsolutionmethod 22
2.2.5 Calculationconditionsandrelatedassumptions 23
2.2.6 Numericalsimulationresultsandanalysisofflowfield 24
2.2.7 Conclusion 36
2.3. Numericalsimulationoftemperaturefield ofPBHPS 37
2.3.1 Temperaturefieldanalysismethodofphotosynthetic
biologicalhydrogenproductionsystem 38
2.3.2 Analysisbasisfortemperature fieldofbiomass
multiphaseflowphotosynthetichydrogen
productionSystem 40
2.3.3 Temperaturefieldnumericalsimulationofthebiomass
multiphaseflowPBHPSbyFluent 43
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2.3.4 Regulationoftemperaturefielddistributionby
parameteradjustment 54
2.3.5 Conclusion 61
References 61
3. CFD simulation, design, and optimization for
biohydrogen systems
SenYaoandJia-TaoDang
3.1. Introduction 65
3.2. Existingresearchandprospects 66
3.2.1 Biologicalhydrogenproductiontechnology 67
3.2.2 Advancesinflowfieldsimulationofbiohydrogen
reactor 69
3.3. CFDsimulationmethod 71
3.3.1 Physical model 71
3.3.2 Mathematicalmodels 72
3.3.3 Solvingmethod 78
3.3.4 Summaryandintroductionofcommoncommercial
software 80
3.4. Biologicalhydrogenproductionforreactoroptimization 81
3.4.1 Optimizationofbiophotolysiswatertohydrogen
reactor 82
3.4.2 Optimizationofdarkfermentationhydrogen
productionreactor 82
3.4.3 Optimizationofphotofermentationhydrogen
productionreactor 85
3.4.4 Optimizationofadarkelightcofermentationhydrogen
productionreactor 86
3.5. Summaryofthischapter 88
References 88
4. Artificial neural networks for modeling of
biohydrogen production systems
LiangLiu,YapingZheng andXinxinLiu
4.1. Introduction 93
4.2. Thebasicprinciplesofartificialneuralnetworks 94
4.3. Applicationofartificialneuralnetworks onmodeling of
biohydrogenproduction 97
4.4. Conclusion 102
References 103
Contents vii
5. The biomass-based hydrogen production yield
prediction model based on PSO-BPNN
YiMan,YushaHu,JingzhengRenandChaoHe
5.1. Introduction 107
5.2. Research dataandmethods 110
5.2.1 Methodologicaloverviewofbiomasshydrogen
productionprocesses 110
5.2.2 Constructionofahydrogenyieldpredictionmodel 111
5.2.3 Datacollection 112
5.2.4 Particleswarmoptimizationebackpropagationneural
network algorithm 112
5.3. Resultsanddiscussion 117
5.3.1 Predictionresultsandanalysisofhydrogen
productionyieldsfromasinglebiomasssubstrate 117
5.3.2 Predictionresultsandanalysisofhydrogen
productionyieldsfromvariousbiomasssubstrates 118
5.4. Conclusion 120
References 120
6. Costebenefit analysis of waste-to-biohydrogen
systems
XiaoranMaandHonggeTao
6.1. Introduction 123
6.1.1 Hydrogenfrombiomass 123
6.1.2 Hydrogenfromwaste 124
6.2. Themethodsforproducing biohydrogenfromwaste 126
6.2.1 Darkfermentation 127
6.2.2 Photofermentation 128
6.2.3 Dark-photocofermentationwithbiologicalhydrogen
production 129
6.3. Cost analysisofdifferentbiohydrogenproduction
methods 129
6.3.1 Rawmaterialcost 130
6.3.2 Equipmentoperationcost 130
6.3.3 Casestudy 131
6.4. Environmentalbenefit analysisofwastebiomasshydrogen 132
6.4.1 Incomecausedby wastegas emissionreduction 133
6.4.2 Contributionrateofwasteemissionreduction 133
6.5. Economicbenefit analysisofwastebiomasshydrogen 136
6.5.1 Totalcostofcapital 137
6.5.2 Annualproductioncost 138
6.5.3 Annualprofitability 138
6.5.4 Sensitivityanalysis 139
References 139
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7. Technoeconomic analysis of biohydrogen production
from waste
JianzhiYueandLiHuang
7.1. Introduction 143
7.2. Literaturereviews 144
7.2.1 Technicalandeconomicevaluationofbiohydrogen
productionfromanaerobicfermentation 144
7.3. Methods 149
7.4. Casestudy 150
7.4.1 Solid-statefermentationcombinedwithdark
fermentationtoproducehydrogen 150
7.4.2 Two-stepproductionofhydrogenandmethane 152
7.4.3 H productionby darkephotofermentation 153
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7.4.4 Usingsugarmill wastewatertoproducehydrogen 155
7.4.5 Usingindustrialwastewatertoproducehydrogen 157
7.4.6 Twopromisingbiohydrogenproduction
technologiesforlarge-scaleandcommercial
production 160
7.4.7 Technicalandeconomicanalysisoftheproduction
ofhydrogencombinedwiththermophilic
fermentationandphotoheterotrophicfermentation 161
7.4.8 Technicalandeconomicanalysisofsupercritical
water-reformingglyceroltoproducehydrogen 163
7.4.9 Theuseofwastewaterandagriculturalwaste to
producehydrogen 164
7.4.10. Technicalandeconomicanalysisofhydrogen
productioninCaliforniabiomassgasification
orbiogasrestructuringtechnology 167
7.4.11. Technicalandeconomicanalysisofthesupplyof
hydrogenfromwastewaterandwoodtomunicipal
publictransport systems 169
7.5. Conclusionsandrecommendations 173
References 174
8. Lifecycleassessmentofwaste-to-biohydrogensystems
XiaohuiPanandGuizhuanXu
8.1. Introductiontothelifecycleassessmentmethod 177
8.1.1 Overviewoflifecycleassessment 177
8.1.2 Lifecycleassessmentframework 178
8.2. Lifecycleassessmentmethods andsoftware 182
8.2.1 Lifecycleassessmentmethods 182
8.2.2 Analysissoftware 183
8.3. Progressofbiohydrogenlifecycleassessment 183
8.3.1 Researchstatus 183
8.3.2 Casestudies 187
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8.4. Evaluationofbiohydrogenproductionbylifecycleanalysis 190
8.4.1 Evaluationoftheenergyperspective 190
8.4.2 Ecologicalperspective evaluation 191
8.5. Conclusions 191
References 193
9. Multicriteria sustainability ranking of biohydrogen
systems
HengWang
9.1. Introduction 195
9.2. Biohydrogenproductiontechnology 196
9.2.1 Thermochemicalhydrogenproductionfrombiomass 196
9.2.2 Hydrogenproductionfrombiomass 200
9.3. Principlesandmethods ofconstructing comprehensive
evaluationindex system 201
9.3.1 Principlesofconstructingcomprehensiveevaluation
indexsystem 201
9.3.2 Methodsofconstructingcomprehensiveevaluation
indexsystem 202
9.4. Comprehensiveimpact analysisofbiomasshydrogen
productiontechnology 203
9.4.1 Energyimpactanalysisofbiomasshydrogen
productiontechnology 204
9.4.2 Economicimpactanalysisofbiomasshydrogen
productiontechnology 205
9.4.3 Environmental impactanalysisofbiomasshydrogen
productiontechnology 205
9.5. Multicriteria sustainabilityassessmentofbiohydrogen
systems 206
9.6. Conclusion 207
References 207
10. Sustainable supply chain design for waste to
biohydrogen
ZhenfengWangandZhanwuWang
10.1. Introduction 211
10.2. Supplychain structureofwastetobiohydrogen 212
10.2.1 Structure compositionofsupplychain 212
10.2.2 Supplychainmodelofwastetobiohydrogen 213
10.3. Sustainablesupplychaindesignforhydrogenproduction
fromwaste 214
10.3.1 Goalsofsustainablesupplychaindesign 214
10.3.2 Choosing sustainabilityassessmentcriteria 215
10.3.3 Sustainablesupplychaindesign 217
