METHOD OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION COMBINING A BIOREACTOR WITH A POWER PLANT AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS

摘要

The present invention provides a method of hydrogen production, wherein organic feed material is heated with excess or diverted heat from a power plant, thereby substantially deactivating or killing methanogens within the organic feed material. Hydrogen producing microorganisms contained or added to the organic feed material metabolize the organic feed material in a bioreactor to produce hydrogen. As the methanogens are no longer substantially present to convert produced hydrogen to methane, a biogas that contains hydrogen without substantial methane can be produced.