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

0730398詹姆斯·布莱克本该奖项支持美国-印度计划访问：同时利用二氧化碳的生物质柔性制氢工艺的元基因组学方法。卡本代尔南伊利诺伊大学(SIU)的PIS詹姆斯·布莱克本和坎尚·蒙达尔将与哈拉格普尔印度理工学院(IIT)的DeBabrata Das敲定一个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，使生物质能够用于生产氢气。虽然氢被认为是未来的首选燃料，但要将其确立为一种可再生能源，既经济又大量地以氢气的形式产生，这是一个挑战。由于环境考虑，生物制氢很有吸引力；然而，与传统工艺相比，生物制氢的主要缺点是其产率较低。目前的研究集中在对可再生生物质的发酵过程进行改进，在生物制氢之前使用生物反应器，以显著降低生产成本。合作者为这项研究带来了独特的和互补的专业知识。他们将交流单独开发的知识和技术，以创造一种新技术，使之能够从任何来源的生物质中生产氢气，同时隔离任何二氧化碳副产品，并开发一种无污染的氢气生产技术。这种合作的好处是互惠的，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.