ENHANCEMENT OF GREEN ALGAE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY LASER IRRADIATION
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https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.7546Keywords:
Hydrogen production, green algae, laser therapyAbstract
Biohydrogen is an alternative to support the increasing hydrogen demand in the future. Biohydrogen is hydrogen gas produced by green algae and bacteria in certain quantity. The aim of this research is to enhance hydrogen gas production by green algae (Closterium sp.) using laser light. The laser used in this experiment was a diode laser operating in continuous mode with wavelength of 655 nm. Green algae are placed in a sulphur deprived medium so it will produce hydrogen gas. This algae is irradiated with diode laser for 30 minutes then stop before continue for the next 30 minutes. This process is repeated until the total irradiation is 120 minutes. Both strains of green algae are set up into measuring system under exposure of sunlight in a constant room temperature. The volume and rate of hydrogen gas produced is examined by measuring the dye position in capillary tube of 0.5 mm radius. The results showed that there is a 9.0% increase of hydrogen gas production in radiated strain of green algae compared to the wild strain. The rate of hydrogen gas production of radiated algae is faster than the wild strain. This showed that, red light laser has absorbed cell green algae and mutated its behaviour for producing more hydrogen gas. This result is in good agreement with other researcher. Â
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