Hydrogen is considered as a novel fuel for the twenty first century, mainly due to its environmentally benign character. Production of hydrogen from renewable biomass has several advantages compared to that of fossil fuels. A number of processes are being practiced for efficient and economic conversion and utilization of biomass to hydrogen. This article updates the developments of various hydrogen-production processes from biomass. Several developmental works are discussed, with a brief outline of different technologies employed therein. A comparative study of existing processes is given on the basis of their relative merits and demerits.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Antal, M.J. Jr., Feber, R.C., and Tinkle, M.C., 1974, Proceedings 1st World Hydrogen Energy Conference, Miami Beach, FL, pp. 1-20.
Arbon, I.M., 2002, Worldwide use of biomass in power generation and combined heat and power schemes, J. Power Energy (Part A) 216 (1), 41-57.
Caglar, A., and Demirbas, A., 2001, Hydrogen-rich gaseous products from tea waste by pyrolysis, Energy Sources 23 (8), 739-746.
Fascetti, E., and Todini, O., 1995, Rhodobacter sphaeroides RV cultivation and hydrogen production in a one- and two-stage chemostat, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 44 (3-4), 300-305.
Liu, S.J., Yang, W.F., and Zhou, P.Q., 1995, The research on hydrogen production from the treatment of bean products wastewater by immobilized photosynthetic bacteria, Environ. Sci. 16, 42-44.
Manarungson, S., Mok, W.S., and Antal Jr., M.J., 1990, Advances in hydrogen energy. Hydrogen Energy Progress VIII, IAHE, FL, Vol. 1, pp. 345-355.
Miyake, J., Veziroglu, T.N., and Takashashi, P.K., 1990, Hydrogen Energy Progress VIII. Proceedings 8th WHEC, Hawaii, Pergamon Press, New York, pp. 755-764.
Modell, M., 1985, Gasification and liquefaction of forest products in supercritical water. Fundamentals of Thermochemical Biomass Conversion, Elsevier Applied Science, Amsterdam, 95-119.
Venkataraman, C., and Vatsala, T.M., 1990, Hydrogen production from whey by phototropic bacteria, in Veziroglu, T.N., and Takahashi, P.K. (eds.), Hydrogen Energy Progress VIII, Vol. 2, Pergamon Press, New York, pp. 781-788.
Vrati, S., and Verma, J., 1983, Production of molecular hydrogen and single cell protein by Rhodopseudomonas capsulata from cow dung. J. Ferment. Technol. 61, 157-162.
Walcher, G., Girges, S., and Weingartner, S., 1996, Hydrogen Energy Progress XI, Pro-ceedings of the 11th World Hydrogen Conference, Stuttgart, Vol. 1, pp. 413-418.
Wallman, P.H., Thorsness, C.B., and Winter, J.D., 1998, Hydrogen production from wastes, Energy, 23 (4), 271-278.
Wang, D., Czernik, S., and Chornet, E., 1998, Production of hydrogen from biomass by catalytic steam reforming of fast pyrolysis oils: Special section on hydrogen as a fuel, Energy Fuels, 12 (1), 19-24.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2008 Springer Science + Business Media B.V
About this paper
Cite this paper
Al-Alawi, M. (2008). Hydrogen Production from Biomass. In: Barbir, F., Ulgiati, S. (eds) Sustainable Energy Production and Consumption. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8494-2_18
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8494-2_18
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-8493-5
Online ISBN: 978-1-4020-8494-2
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)