Abstract
By virtue of its environmental friendly emissions, hydrogen has been considered as a potential green alternative of fossil fuels. Additionally, the gravimetric energy density of hydrogen is nearly three times higher than transportation fuels such as gasoline and diesel. Therefore, if hydrogen can be produced at commercial scale from renewable materials by using sustainable technologies, it will have enormous environmental benefits. In this context, research work has been focused on biohydrogen production from biomass, most preferably from the agro-industrial waste based feedstock. Nearly for the last three decades, investigators have been actively studying biohydrogen production from different renewable sources, and the trend of such investigations has been gradually changing from fundamental studies to technology development. Thus, in the present chapter, the development in biohydrogen research has been presented in a chronological order. The problems associated with different biohydrogen production methods and their potential solutions have been discussed. Finally, different recent government initiatives to promote a hydrogen-based economy have also been summarized.
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Sarma, S.J., Pachapur, V.L., Brar, S.K., Verma, M., Soccol, C.R. (2016). Biohydrogen. In: Soccol, C., Brar, S., Faulds, C., Ramos, L. (eds) Green Fuels Technology. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30205-8_16
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