U.S.-India Planning Visit: Metagenomic Approach for Biomass Flexible Hydrogen Production Process with Simultaneous CO2 Utilization

0730389詹姆斯·布莱克本该奖项支持美印计划访问：同时利用二氧化碳的生物质柔性制氢过程的宏基因组方法。位于卡本代尔的南伊利诺伊大学（SIU）的pi James Blackburn和Kanchan Mondal将与印度理工学院（IIT）的Debabrata Das完成一项关于可持续能源的合作研究项目。研究人员寻求开发一种可持续和无害环境的技术，使生物质的利用能够产生氢气。虽然氢被认为是未来的首选燃料，但将其确立为一种既经济又大量地以氢气形式产生的可再生能源仍存在挑战。出于环境考虑，生物氢生产具有吸引力；然而，与传统工艺相比，其主要缺点是产率低。目前的研究重点是对可再生生物质的发酵过程进行修改，在生物制氢之前使用生物反应器，以显着降低生产成本。合作者为这项研究带来了独特和互补的专业知识。他们将交流各自开发的知识和技术，以创造一种新技术，使从任何生物质来源生产氢气，同时隔离任何二氧化碳副产品，并开发一种无污染的制氢技术。这种合作的好处是相互的，如果成功，可能会产生广泛的社会影响。美国学生将参与这项研究。

0730398James Blackburn This award supports the U.S.-India Planning Visit: Metagenomic Approach for Biomass Flexible Hydrogen Production Process with Simultaneous CO2 Utilization. PIs James Blackburn and Kanchan Mondal of Southern Illinois University (SIU) at Carbondale will finalize a collaborative research project on sustainable energy with Debabrata Das, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. The investigators seek to develop a sustainable and environmentally sound technology that will enable the utilization of biomass for the generation of hydrogen. While hydrogen is considered the fuel of choice for the future, there is the challenge of establishing it as a renewable source of energy that can be generated as hydrogen gas both economically and in large quantities. Biohydrogen production is attractive due to environmental considerations; however, the major disadvantage is its low yield compared to conventional processes. The current research focuses on modifications to the fermentation process for renewable biomass that employs a bioreactor prior to biohydrogen production in order to significantly reduce the cost of production.The collaborators bring unique and complimentary expertise to this research. They will exchange knowledge and technologies that were developed separately in order to create a new technology enabling the production of hydrogen from any source of biomass while simultaneously sequestering any CO2 by-products and developing a pollutant free hydrogen production technology. The benefits of this collaboration are mutual and, if successful, could have broad societal impact. U.S. students will be involved in the research.