Cellulosic generation of ethanol from source-separated organic waste

每年，城市（绿色垃圾箱垃圾和生物固体）、商业（食品和饮料生产）和农业残留物（秸秆和玉米秸秆等作物残留物）产生数百万吨有机废物。这种有潜在价值的材料往往没有得到充分利用，留在垃圾填埋场分解，并导致甲烷和一氧化二氮等温室气体的释放。拟议研究的目的是开发一种综合工艺，利用这种有机废物的潜力来创造增值能源产品，如乙醇和氢。这项研究将导致开发一种低成本的方法，利用废弃生物质生产生物燃料，比目前的做法更可持续。

Every year, millions of tonnes of organic waste are generated from municipal (green bin waste and biosolids), commercial (food and beverage production), and agricultural residues (crop residues such as straw and corn stover). This potentially valuable material is often underutilized and left to decompose in landfills and contributes to the release of greenhouse gases such as methane and nitrous oxide. The objective of the proposed research is to develop an integrated process to make use of the potential of this organic waste to create value-added energy products such as ethanol and hydrogen. The research will lead to the development of a low-cost method utilizing waste biomass to produce biofuel in a more sustainable way than current practices.