In situ microbial conversion of coal to methane: Biotechnology development for clean use of Australian coal.

煤炭原位微生物转化为甲烷：澳大利亚煤炭清洁利用的生物技术开发。

• 批准号: LP100100128
• 负责人: Prof Michael Manefield
• 金额: $ 87.8万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP100100128
• 关键词: situ; microbial; conversion; coal; methane

We will develop a biotechnology that uses native microorganisms to accelerate the underground conversion of coal to methane. Approximately 90% of Australia’s coal resources cannot be accessed economically using traditional mining technologies. A technology that converts coal to methane could generate an energy supply worth an estimated $60 billion, foster the development of an energy industry now in its infancy, and generate numerous new employment opportunities. Environmentally, methane is a cleaner burning fuel than coal, uses much less water for processing and generates the same quantity of electricity with lower CO2 emissions. This project highlights the fact that Australia’s microbial diversity is a resource we cannot afford to ignore.

我们将开发一种生物技术，利用本地微生物加速煤炭向甲烷的地下转化。澳大利亚约90%的煤炭资源无法通过传统采矿技术经济地获取。一项将煤炭转化为甲烷的技术可以产生价值约600亿美元的能源供应，促进目前处于起步阶段的能源工业的发展，并创造许多新的就业机会。在环境方面，甲烷是一种比煤炭更清洁的燃料，加工用水少得多，发电量相同，二氧化碳排放量更低。该项目突出表明，澳大利亚的微生物多样性是我们不能忽视的资源。