Publications and communications of Laurent Beckers

Beckers, L., Hiligsmann, S., Hamilton, C., Masset, J., & Thonart, P. (2012). Investigating the factors for fermentative biohydrogen improvement: original bioreactors design and hydrogen partial pressure effect. In WHEC 2012, Toronto June 3rd - 7th.

Beckers, L., Hiligsmann, S., Hamilton, C., Masset, J., & Thonart, P. (December 2011). Effects of hydrogen partial pressure on fermentative biohydrogen production by a chemotropic Clostridium bacterium in a new horizontal rotating cylinder reactor [Poster presentation]. XIIIe congrès de la Société Française de Génie des Procédés - SFGP2011, Lille, France.

Beckers, L., Hiligsmann, S., Hamilton, C., Thonart, P., & Masset, J. (Other coll.). (December 2011). Effets de la pression partielle en hydrogène sur la production anaérobie de bioH2 par une bactérie chimiotrophe du genre Clostridium dans un nouveau réacteur à cylindre horizontal rotatif. Récents Progrès en Génie des Procédés, 101.

Beckers, L., Hiligsmann, S., Masset, J., Hamilton, C., & Thonart, P. (2011). Fermentative biohydrogen production in a novel biodisc bioreactor: Principle and Improvement. In L. Bozhou (Ed.), Low Carbon Earth Summit 2011 Proceeding (pp. 911).

Hiligsmann, S., Masset, J., Hamilton, C., Beckers, L., & Thonart, P. (2011). Comparative study of biological hydrogen production by pure strains and consortia of facultative and strict anaerobic bacteria. Bioresource Technology, 102, 3810-3818. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2010.11.094

Beckers, L., Hiligsmann, S., Masset, J., Hamilton, C., & Thonart, P. (14 October 2010). La production de biohydrogène à partir de substrats carbohydratés: Etat de l’art [Poster presentation]. Journée scientifique de la SRC (Société Royale de Chimie), Gembloux, FSAGX, Belgium.

Masset, J.* , Hiligsmann, S.* , Hamilton, C., Beckers, L., Franck, F., & Thonart, P. (April 2010). Effect of pH on glucose and starch fermentation in batch and sequenced-batch mode with a recently isolated strain of hydrogen-producing Clostridium butyricum CWBI1009. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35 (8), 3371-3378. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.01.061
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Beckers, L., Hiligsmann, S., Hamilton, C., Masset, J., & Thonart, P. (17 March 2010). Fermentative hydrogen production by Clostridium butyricum CWBI1009 and Citrobacter freundii CWBI 952 in pure and mixed cultures [Poster presentation]. Biomedica 2010, Aachen, Germany.

Beckers, L.* , Hiligsmann, S.* , Hamilton, C., Masset, J., & Thonart, P. (2010). Fermentative hydrogen production by Clostridium butyricum CWBI1009 and Citrobacter freundii CWBI952 in pure and mixed cultures. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 14 (S2), 541-548.
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Hamilton, C.* , Hiligsmann, S.* , Beckers, L., Masset, J., Wilmotte, A., & Thonart, P. (2010). Optimisation of culture conditions for biological hydrogen production by Citrobacter freundii CWBI952 in batch, sequenced-batch and semicontinuous operating mode. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35, 1089-1098. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.10.073
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Beckers, L., Hiligsmann, S., Hamilton, C., Masset, J., & Thonart, P. (16 December 2009). Fermentative biohydrogen production by a Clostridium butyricum sp. strain in a novel continuous rotating cylinder bioreactor.

Hamilton, C., Calusinska, M., Masset, J., Hiligsmann, S., Beckers, L., Wilmotte, A., & Thonart, P. (16 December 2009). Investigation of hydrogenase molecular markers to optimize hydrogen production from organic waste and agro-food industries effluents.

Masset, J., Hiligsmann, S., Beckers, L., Hamilton, C., & Thonart, P. (16 December 2009). Optimization of culture condition for hydrogen production by Clostridium butyricum.

Beckers, L., Masset, J., Hamilton, C., Hiligsmann, S., & Thonart, P. (01 April 2009). Effects of hydrogen partial pressure on fermentative biohydrogen production by a newly isolated bacterium of the genus Clostridium [Poster presentation]. Biomedica, Liège, Belgium.

Masset, J., Beckers, L., Hamilton, C., Hiligsmann, S., & Thonart, P. (April 2009). Influence of pH and stirring on the hydrogen production by a pure Clostridium strain [Poster presentation]. Biomedica, Liège, Belgium.

Hiligsmann, S., Masset, J., Beckers, L., Hamilton, C., & Thonart, P. (16 December 2008). Biohydrogen production from anaerobic digestion of carbohydrate organic matter [Poster presentation]. 3rd Strategic Energy Forum, Bruxelles, Belgium.