{"id":1003,"date":"2024-01-11T16:38:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T15:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micropro.de\/forschung\/hyperferment\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:36:45","slug":"hyperferment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micropro.de\/en\/forschung\/hyperferment\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Hydrogen Production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MicroPro GmbH is convinced that regene\u00adrative hydrogen production from biomass can play an important role, especially for decen\u00adtra\u00adlized hydrogen supply. Since we isolated bacterial strains that produce hydrogen in 2003, we have been working on the process of dark fermen\u00adtation. Since July 2019, extensive research has been carried out in this area as part of the joint research project \u201cHyPer\u00adFerment<\/a> \u2014 Micro\u00adbio\u00adlo\u00adgical process develo\u00adpment for hydrogen production and supply\u201d, funded by the state of Saxony-Anhalt and the European Union (ERDF). (project poster<\/a>) In addition to extensive laboratory tests, plant-side develo\u00adp\u00adments, modeling for possible upscaling and initial conside\u00adra\u00adtions for integrating the process into an existing biogas plant are planned. To this end, a further partner has been acquired as a plant operator. In the follow-up project \u201cHyPerFerment-II\u201d, the process will be econo\u00admically verified in its entirety with the help of a pilot plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is an intensive world wide research ongoing to develop processes for biolo\u00adgical hydrogen production. In the analysis of micro\u00adbio\u00adlo\u00adgical processes for biogas production it has been recognized, that it is possible to decouple the hydrogen-producing phase from the methane production spatially and tempo\u00adrally. Therefore, this process can be used as a source for organic hydrogen. Through intensive research the MicroPro GmbH succeeded in isolating and adapting special bacterial cultures that are able to produce a hydrogen-rich gas from biomass. Laboratory results from earlier basic research and laboratory fermen\u00adta\u00adtions show that as a metabolic product of certain bacteria, a gas mixture of H2<\/sub> and CO2<\/sub> with 50 \u2014 60 % hydrogen content is produced. This mixture can be purified easily by subse\u00adquent CO2<\/sub>-separation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the modular coupling of hydrogen production in a biogas plant (BGP), the following advan\u00adtages are expected:<\/p>\n\n\n\n