Novel bioreactor design for fermentation of syngas to industrially relevant chemicals

用于将合成气发酵为工业相关化学品的新型生物反应器设计

• 批准号: 131687
• 金额: $ 3.18万
• 依托单位: ACIDOPHIL LTD.
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=131687
• 关键词: Novel; bioreactor; design; fermentation; syngas

Synthesis gas, also known as syngas, is a gas that can be produced from a number of carbon neutral and waste feedstocks, including biomass and municipal wastes. Syngas can be used to make a large number of useful fuel and industrial chemicals via microorganisms that can consume syngas as their sole source of energy. However, since the syngas does not dissolve well in liquid, it is a challenge to develop systems that will allow the microorganism to access enough syngas to produce its target compounds rapidly enough for economic feasibility. Acidophil has designed a novel growth chamber that is expected to increase the rate at which syngas can be taken up by the microorganism. This project is designed to generate a prototype and proof of concept data of this novel system. Successful completion will advance a technology that has the potential to dramatically expand the number of chemicals that can be economically produced from waste material via fermentation of syngas.

合成气，也称为合成气，是一种可以由多种碳中性和废物原料（包括生物质和城市废物）生产的气体。合成气可用于通过微生物制造大量有用的燃料和工业化学品，这些微生物可以消耗合成气作为其唯一的能源。然而，由于合成气不能很好地溶解在液体中，因此开发允许微生物获取足够的合成气以足够快地产生其目标化合物以实现经济可行性的系统是一个挑战。 Acidophil 设计了一种新型生长室，有望提高微生物吸收合成气的速度。该项目旨在生成该新颖系统的原型和概念验证数据。成功完成将推进一项技术的发展，该技术有可能大幅增加通过合成气发酵从废料中经济地生产化学品的数量。