Liliana Borzacconi

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present some guidelines for biomethane potential assays prepared by the Task Group for the Anaerobic Biodegradation, Activity and Inhibition Assays of the International Water Association.

TL;DR: This paper presents some guidelines for biomethane potential assays prepared by the Task Group for the Anaerobic Biodegradation, Activity and Inhibition Assays of the Anaerobic Digestion Specialist Group of the International Water Association, the first step for the definition of a standard protocol.

TL;DR: The persistence of methanogenesis and the presence of other fermenters, not clearly recognised as hydrogen producers, indicates that competition for the substrate may explain the low hydrogen production.

TL;DR: In this article, an upflow anaerobic packed bed reactor configuration to produce hydrogen using cheese whey as the substrate was tested, and the microbiological composition was linked to the reactor operation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed and discussed instability causes and possible solutions in the H2 production by dark fermentation and concluded that instability is mostly linked to the biotic aspects of the process (i.e., changes in the microbial community composition, presence of organisms that consume hydrogen and compete for the substrate, and accumulation of fermentation products).