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

SBIR 第一阶段：丁醇和氢气生产系统的放大

• 批准号: 1046998
• 负责人: Eugene Butler
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Genetic Architecture Education Analysis (GAEA), Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1046998&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Scale; up; Butanol

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.

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将开发一种具有成本效益的丁醇生产和提纯工艺。这个项目的具体目标是将丁醇生产系统从2升的实验室规模扩大到200升的培养体积，以确定其用于生产实用数量的有价值的生物燃料的可行性。这项研究的更广泛的商业影响是，该过程应该是可配置的，可供个人安全地生产氢气，且对环境的影响可以忽略不计，证明由微型炼油厂生产燃料的可行性可以促进家庭手工业网络的发展。致力于当地燃料和生物化学品的生产，这可能会增加农村地区的就业机会，因为那里有碳水化合物废物流。南达科他州东部乳制品工业的发展导致了大量含有乳清的乳制品的生产。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液中的生物需氧量，预计乳制品行业的成员将成为GEA丁醇生产工艺的热情客户，前提是该项目能够证明将其过剩的乳糖用于经济地生产可在现场使用或出售的燃料的可行性。