SBIR Phase I: Scale-up of a Butanol and Hydrogen Production System

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一期项目将开发一种具有成本效益的丁醇生产和纯化工艺。该项目的具体目标是扩大丁醇生产系统的规模，从一个小的，？实验室规模?为了确定其用于生产实际数量的有价值的生物燃料的可行性，从2升体积增加到200升培养体积。这项研究的更广泛/商业影响是，该过程应该可以配置为燃料/或氢气生产的个人安全，对环境的影响可以忽略不计，并证明了“微炼油厂”生产燃料的可行性。能否促进网络的发展？别墅产业?致力于当地燃料和生物化学品的生产，这可以为有碳水化合物和废物流的农村地区提供更多的就业机会。南达科他州东部乳制品工业的发展导致了大量含乳糖乳清的生产。鉴于奶酪厂采用能源密集型工艺，并产生大量成本来减少废水的生物需氧量，预计乳制品行业的成员可能会成为gaea丁醇生产工艺的热心客户，前提是该项目能够证明利用他们多余的乳糖经济生产燃料的可行性，这些燃料可以就地使用或销售。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop a costeffectivebutanolproduction and purification process. The specific aim of this project is to scaleupa butanol productionsystem from a small, ?laboratory scale? ,2 liter volume, to a 200 liter culture volume in order todetermine the feasibility of its utility for production of practical amounts of the valuable biofuel.The broader/commercial impacts of this research are that the process should be configurable for fueland/or hydrogen production by individuals safely and with negligible environmental impact, and thatdemonstration of the feasibility of production of fuels by ?microrefineries?could foster growth of anetwork of ?cottage industries? devoted to local fuel and biochemicals'production that could provideincreased opportunities for employment in rural areas where carbohydraterichwaste streams areavailable. The growth of the dairy products industry in eastern South Dakota has resulted in theproduction of copious amounts lactosebearingwhey. Given that cheese plants employ energyintensiveprocesses and incur significant costs to reduce the biological oxygen demand of wastestreams, it is expected that members of the dairy industry could become enthusiastic customers ofGaea's butanol production process, provided that this project is able to demonstrate the feasibility ofusing their excess lactose for the economical production of fuels that could be used onsiteor sold.