Targeted bioengineering and systems biology for solar powered hydrogen production in green algal cells

绿藻细胞太阳能制氢的靶向生物工程和系统生物学

• 批准号: DP0877147
• 负责人: Prof Benjamin Hankamer
• 金额: $ 19.84万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-11-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0877147
• 关键词: Targeted; bioengineering; systems; biology; solar

The development of clean fuels to combat climate change and protect against oil price shocks, is an urgent challenge facing our society. Fuels make up ~67% of the energy market, yet most low-CO2 emissions technologies (e.g. nuclear and clean-coal-technology) target the electricity market. In contrast the Solar Bio-H2 process uses algal photobioreactors to drive solar-powered H2 fuel production from water (ultimately sea water, facilitating desalination). This project aims to improve the efficiency of the process towards economical levels. The Solar Bio-H2 process reduces water requirements for biofuel production. Locating bioreactors on non-arable land also eliminates competition between biofuel and food production.

开发清洁燃料以应对气候变化和抵御油价冲击，是我们社会面临的一项紧迫挑战。燃料约占能源市场的67%，但大多数低二氧化碳排放技术（如核能和清洁煤技术）都针对电力市场。相比之下，太阳能生物制氢工艺使用藻类光生物反应器来驱动太阳能制氢燃料从水（最终海水，促进脱盐）生产。该项目旨在提高工艺效率，使之达到经济水平。Solar Bio-H2工艺降低了生物燃料生产的水需求。将生物反应器设在非耕地上也消除了生物燃料和粮食生产之间的竞争。