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Researchers of the Uca study obtaining hydrogen from organic remains of garbage

12/06/2009

June 12, 2009

The treatment research group biological waste (integrated in the Group of the Plan Andaluz of research pet-181) of the University of Cádiz is carrying out a study to obtain a biogas rich in hydrogen that can enhance is energy-through its use in fuel from residuso urban solid.

Through the project of excellence of the Junta de Andalucía 'Production and valorization of biohydrogen from urban solid waste', coordinated by Professor Louis Isidore Romero García of the Department of chemical engineering, food technology and environmentally friendly technologiesinvestigating the application of a set of physical-chemical and microbiological processes for the transformation of the organic remains contained in the waste - what is known as specifically organic fraction of municipal solid waste - to generate this hydrogen-rich biogas.

According to Isidoro Luis Romero, the general idea behind the studies carried out in this line of work is "making the best use of all the components that make up the organic fraction of waste, carrying out a comprehensive treatment of the waste." "But, in this case, the differentiating aspect is that the project is focused on the optimization of the phase acidogénica of anaerobic digestion (bacterial conversion during the fermentation of organic matter in the absence of oxygen) in order to generate the biohydrogen".