Photofermentation

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the potential of dark fermentation of organic biomasses and its potential in green energy-efficient green chemistry applications is presented, with a brief review on the simulation and modeling of the dark fermentation processes and their energy balance.

TL;DR: Of the reactor types investigated, while granules have the best performance with soluble substrate, for particulate feedstock biofilm reactors or continuous stirred tank reactors, a second stage is required to utilise the fermentation end products which, when cost-effective reactors are developed, may be photofermentation or microbial fuel cell technologies.

TL;DR: A summary of the hydrogen production metabolism of the photosynthetic purple non-sulfur (PNS) bacteria will be presented, showing that under certain conditions, alternative modes of metabolism are also possible and should be considered in experimental design.

TL;DR: Economic analysis of hydrogen production showed that H2 production by the present methods, save pyrolysis, is reasonably higher than the conventional approaches of fuel production.