Research Article

Hydrogen Photoproduction by Rhodopseudomonas palustris 42OL Cultured at High Irradiance under a Semicontinuous Regime

Table 1

Results achieved under continuous irradiance (480 W m−2) at selected HRTs.

HRT (hours) H P R 𝑉 (mL L−1 d−1)Productivity (g (dw) L−1 d−1)MAre (%)Yields
𝑌 B (CEqB CEq M A c 1 ) 𝑌 H (mol H2 mol MA−1)

360 5 6 3 ± 8 7 0 . 2 5 4 ± 0 . 0 1 1 90.10.2483.03
225 5 9 4 ± 6 1 0 . 4 9 6 ± 0 . 0 4 5 93.70.4512.99
138 5 7 8 ± 9 9 0 . 3 7 3 ± 0 . 0 1 5 99.70.3072.63

*The theoretical 𝑌 H is 6.0 mol H2 mol MA−1.