METHOD FOR THERMOPHILIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION USING RICE STRAW

摘要

PURPOSE: A method for producing thermophilic hydrogen using rice straw is provided to efficienctly dissolve hemicelluloses and to induce massive hydrogen production. CONSTITUTION: A method for producing thermophilic hydrogen using rice straw comprises: a step of producing hydrogen by adding strain using rice straw as a carbon source; a step of pretreating rive straw using a pretreatment solution at high temperature; a step of removing lignin from the pretreated rice straw; and a step of decomposing crystal structure of cellulose. The strain is thermophilic, Thermotoga neapolitana. A culture medium for thermophilic strain is TMB medium in which sodium chloride(NaCl) is removed.