BioPro - Low emission protein production from anaerobic digestion gases

BioPro - 通过厌氧消化气体生产低排放蛋白质

• 批准号: 10077731
• 金额: $ 27.21万
• 依托单位: NOVATICA TECHNOLOGIES LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10077731
• 关键词: BioPro; Low; emission; protein; production

Up to 30% of the EU's demand for crude protein is fulfilled by imported soybean meal, which is linked to deforestation in Brazil. The UK also heavily relies on soybean, oilseed and fish meal imports, and recent political and economic turmoil has negatively impacted the animal feed supply. Insect farming and fish meal production from CO2 as emerging alternatives can not fulfil the growing demand for sustainable, ethically produced proteins in animal feed and while plant-based proteins are an option, they require significant land and water resources and are often considered more suitable for human consumption.In the current collaborative project, the team of researchers from Novatica Technologies Ltd and the University of Chester aims to develop a technology to convert **biomethane** and **biogas** from anaerobic digestion into single-cell protein SCP using methanotrophic bacteria to meet the growing need for sustainable animal protein. The use of biomethane and biogas as feedstock to produce animal feed proteins can reduce waste, create value, contribute to a circular economy, and provide a low-cost and sustainable alternative to traditional protein sources. By turning greenhouse C1 gases, produced via anaerobic digestion of various organic wastes, into high-value products we will create a novel close-loop low emission food and feed production system.The proposed value chain of biomethane/biogas-to-animal feed proteins will help to reduce waste disposal and methane emissions from landfills, positively affect the UK's network of anaerobic digestors, increase revenues from waste and greenhouse gases utilisation, reduce the reliance on energy-intensive hydrogen-based processes and high-risk imports in food and feed, and bring the UK to the forefront of innovative sustainable biotechnologies for proteins production.

欧盟高达30%的粗蛋白质需求是通过进口豆粕来满足的，而这与巴西的森林砍伐有关。英国还严重依赖大豆、油籽和鱼粉的进口，最近的政治和经济动荡对动物饲料供应产生了负面影响。昆虫养殖和用二氧化碳生产鱼粉作为新兴的替代方案，不能满足对动物饲料中可持续的、合乎道德的蛋白质日益增长的需求，虽然植物蛋白是一种选择，但它们需要大量的土地和水资源，而且通常被认为更适合人类消费。在目前的合作项目中，来自Novatica科技有限公司和切斯特大学的研究人员团队旨在开发一种技术，利用甲烷营养细菌将厌氧消化产生的**生物甲烷**和**沼气**转化为单细胞蛋白SCP，以满足对可持续动物蛋白日益增长的需求。使用生物甲烷和沼气作为原料生产动物饲料蛋白质可以减少浪费，创造价值，促进循环经济，并为传统蛋白质来源提供低成本和可持续的替代方案。通过将各种有机废物厌氧消化产生的温室气体C1转化为高价值产品，我们将创建一个新颖的闭环低排放食品和饲料生产系统。拟议的生物甲烷/沼气到动物饲料蛋白质的价值链将有助于减少垃圾填埋场的废物处理和甲烷排放，对英国的厌氧消化器网络产生积极影响，增加废物和温室气体利用的收入，减少对能源密集型氢基工艺的依赖以及食品和饲料中的高风险进口，并使英国成为创新可持续生物技术的最前沿蛋白质生产。