1. Basics of hydrogen production by "dark fermentation

Bibliography

• (1) - LI (C.), FANG (H. H.P.) -  Fermentative hydrogen production from wastewater and solid wastes by mixed cultures.  -  Crit Rev Environ Sci Technol. 37, pp. 1-39 (2007).
• (2) - GUO (X.M.), TRABLY (E.), LATRILLE (E.) et al -  Hydrogen production...

Software tools

Aquasim 2.0. Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG). http://www.eawag.ch/organisation/abteilungen/siam/software/aquasim/program_description

SIMBA (ifak system): simulation of wastewater treatment plants including activated sludge digesters....

Websites

• In France

Biohydrogen research group

http://www.gdr-bioh2.fr/

ANR Bioenergies 2008 project INGECOH: Ecological engineering of fermentative biohydrogen-producing microbial ecosystems

http://bip.cnrs-mrs.fr/bip10/ingecoh.htm

Events

World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC). Conference on hydrogen (production, storage, use) held every two years. In 2018, the 22 ^e conference will be held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Anaerobic Digestion (AD). Conference on anaerobic digestion (hydrogen and methane) held every four years. In 2017, the 15th conference was held in Harbin (China).

Standards and norms

Regulations

Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 23, 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (Official Journal of the European Union 5.6.2009)

Statistical and economic data

The hydrogen market

Worldwide hydrogen production amounts to over 550 billion m ³ /year.

Worldwide, 96% of the energy currently used to produce hydrogen comes from fossil fuels using thermochemical processes: 48% from natural gas reforming, 30% from hydrocarbon reforming and 18% from coal gasification.