Preliminary assessment on pretreatment methods for landfill waste utilization in biohydrogen production

Landfill waste consists of a mixture of components that have high potential as a substrate for hosting various microorganisms’ growth. Utilizing this waste as a fermentation substrate is seen as an economical solution for the management of the waste. Treating this waste is crucial to remove unnecess...

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Main Authors: Nur Sofiya Mohd Fauzi, Nurul ‘Azyyati Sabri, Mohd Fazli Farida Asras, Hajar Fauzan Ahmad, Nazira Mahmud
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22516/
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author Nur Sofiya Mohd Fauzi,
Nurul ‘Azyyati Sabri,
Mohd Fazli Farida Asras,
Hajar Fauzan Ahmad,
Nazira Mahmud,
author_facet Nur Sofiya Mohd Fauzi,
Nurul ‘Azyyati Sabri,
Mohd Fazli Farida Asras,
Hajar Fauzan Ahmad,
Nazira Mahmud,
author_sort Nur Sofiya Mohd Fauzi,
building UKM Institutional Repository
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description Landfill waste consists of a mixture of components that have high potential as a substrate for hosting various microorganisms’ growth. Utilizing this waste as a fermentation substrate is seen as an economical solution for the management of the waste. Treating this waste is crucial to remove unnecessary components for the growth of specific organisms to ensure a high reaction yield. Fermentative hydrogen production from this waste specifically requires the hydrogen-consuming bacteria to be reduced. In this work, heat, ultraviolet (UV) radiation, acid, and alkaline pretreatment were conducted on the landfill waste. The changes in the reduced sugar content and appearance of bacterial colonies were observed and compared. Heat pretreatment at 65 °C was found to give among the best increase (74 – 88%) in reducing sugar content and reduction (50 – 85%) in the number of aerobic bacterial colonies detected. Global warming potential and eutrophication potential recorded from simulated heat pretreatment plant was comparable to other heat-based pretreatment reported by other researchers with a potential reduction in severity as the plant size increased.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:225162023-11-21T01:42:30Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22516/ Preliminary assessment on pretreatment methods for landfill waste utilization in biohydrogen production Nur Sofiya Mohd Fauzi, Nurul ‘Azyyati Sabri, Mohd Fazli Farida Asras, Hajar Fauzan Ahmad, Nazira Mahmud, Landfill waste consists of a mixture of components that have high potential as a substrate for hosting various microorganisms’ growth. Utilizing this waste as a fermentation substrate is seen as an economical solution for the management of the waste. Treating this waste is crucial to remove unnecessary components for the growth of specific organisms to ensure a high reaction yield. Fermentative hydrogen production from this waste specifically requires the hydrogen-consuming bacteria to be reduced. In this work, heat, ultraviolet (UV) radiation, acid, and alkaline pretreatment were conducted on the landfill waste. The changes in the reduced sugar content and appearance of bacterial colonies were observed and compared. Heat pretreatment at 65 °C was found to give among the best increase (74 – 88%) in reducing sugar content and reduction (50 – 85%) in the number of aerobic bacterial colonies detected. Global warming potential and eutrophication potential recorded from simulated heat pretreatment plant was comparable to other heat-based pretreatment reported by other researchers with a potential reduction in severity as the plant size increased. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22516/1/ME%202.pdf Nur Sofiya Mohd Fauzi, and Nurul ‘Azyyati Sabri, and Mohd Fazli Farida Asras, and Hajar Fauzan Ahmad, and Nazira Mahmud, (2023) Preliminary assessment on pretreatment methods for landfill waste utilization in biohydrogen production. Malaysian Applied Biology, 52 (4). pp. 11-18. ISSN 0126-8643 https://jms.mabjournal.com/index.php/mab/index
spellingShingle Nur Sofiya Mohd Fauzi,
Nurul ‘Azyyati Sabri,
Mohd Fazli Farida Asras,
Hajar Fauzan Ahmad,
Nazira Mahmud,
Preliminary assessment on pretreatment methods for landfill waste utilization in biohydrogen production
title Preliminary assessment on pretreatment methods for landfill waste utilization in biohydrogen production
title_full Preliminary assessment on pretreatment methods for landfill waste utilization in biohydrogen production
title_fullStr Preliminary assessment on pretreatment methods for landfill waste utilization in biohydrogen production
title_full_unstemmed Preliminary assessment on pretreatment methods for landfill waste utilization in biohydrogen production
title_short Preliminary assessment on pretreatment methods for landfill waste utilization in biohydrogen production
title_sort preliminary assessment on pretreatment methods for landfill waste utilization in biohydrogen production
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22516/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22516/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22516/1/ME%202.pdf