
	Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
	Year: 2010 \| Volume: 13 \| Issue: 14 \| Page No.: 674-682 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2010.674.682

Applications of the Box-Wilson Design Model for Bio-hydrogen Production using Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4 (ATCC 13564)

W.M. Alalayah, M.S. Kalil, A.A.H. Kadhum, J. Jahim, A. Zaharim, N.M. Alauj and A. El-Shafie

Abstract: Box-Wilson Design (BWD) model was applied to determine the optimum values of influencing parameters in anaerobic fermentation to produce hydrogen using Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4 (ATCC 13564). The main focus of the study was to find the optimal relationship between the hydrogen yield and three variables including initial substrate concentration, initial medium pH and reaction temperature. Microbial growth kinetic parameters for hydrogen production under anaerobic conditions were determined using the Monod model with incorporation of a substrate inhibition term. The values of μ_max (maximum specific growth rate) and K_s (saturation constant) were 0.398 h^-1 and 5.509 g L^-1, respectively, using glucose as the substrate. The experimental substrate and biomass-concentration profiles were in good agreement with those obtained by the kinetic-model predictions. By varying the conditions of the initial substrate concentration (1-40 g L^-1), reaction temperature (25-40°C) and initial medium pH (4-8), the model predicted a maximum hydrogen yield of 3.24 mol H₂ (mol glucose)^-1. The experimental data collected utilising this design was successfully fitted to a second-order polynomial model. An optimum operating condition of 10 g L^-1 initial substrate concentration, 37°C reaction temperature and 6.0±0.2 initial medium pH gave 80% of the predicted maximum yield of hydrogen where as the experimental yield obtained in this study was 77.75% exhibiting a close accuracy between estimated and experimental values. This is the first report to predict bio-hydrogen yield by applying Box-Wilson Design in anaerobic fermentation while optimizing the effects of environmental factors prevailing there by investigating the effects of environmental factors.

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How to cite this article:

W.M. Alalayah, M.S. Kalil, A.A.H. Kadhum, J. Jahim, A. Zaharim, N.M. Alauj and A. El-Shafie, 2010. Applications of the Box-Wilson Design Model for Bio-hydrogen Production using Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4 (ATCC 13564). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 13: 674-682.

DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2010.674.682

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2010.674.682

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