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Bioresource Technology 101 (2010) 6812–6821 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Bioresource Technology journal homepage: www.elsevier .com/locate/biortech Reaction products from the subcritical water gasification of food wastes and glucose with NaOH and H2O2 Rattana Muangrat, Jude A. Onwudili, Paul T. Williams * Energy and Resources Research Institute, School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering, The University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The gasification of some selected components of food wastes using H O as the oxidant and in the pres- 2 2 Received 23 October 2009 ence of NaOH has been investigated under subcritical water conditions. Hydrogen production was Received in revised form 22 March 2010 enhanced when both NaOH and H O were used compared to when either NaOH or H O alone was used 2 2 2 2 Accepted 24 March 2010 or in their absence. Results indicated that the H2O2 acted to partially oxidize the samples while NaOH Available online 27 April 2010 significantly increased hydrogen gas yields by promoting the water–gas shift reaction with subsequent C