Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound platform technology to increase bio-ethanol production

低强度脉冲超声平台技术提高生物乙醇产量

• 批准号: 419544-2011
• 负责人: Chen, Jie
• 金额: $ 3.64万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=531447
• 关键词: Low; intensity; pulsed; ultrasound; platform

We will have depleted over 50% of our fossil fuel storage in the next 50 years. Therefore, we must begin developing alternative, renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and bio-fuel. One of the most widely recognized bio-fuel sources is bio-ethanol, which is a type of renewable bio-energy and can be blended with petroleum to create a bio-fuel blend used in conventional equipment without modification. Unfortunately, current bio-ethanol production processes are either inefficient resulting in low net-energy gains, or are infringing on other industries, such as the food or agricultural industry. An encouraging solution is the use of lignocellulosic biomass as a source of bio-ethanol. This NSERC grant will be used to support the collaboration between a Canadian biotechnology company (IntelligentNano Inc.) and the University of Alberta (UofA) teams to jointly designing an ultrasound system to enhance the production of bio-ethanol.

在未来50年内，我们将耗尽超过50%的化石燃料储存。因此，我们必须开始开发太阳能、风能和生物燃料等替代性可再生能源。最广泛认可的生物燃料来源之一是生物乙醇，这是一种可再生生物能源，可以与石油混合，以产生用于传统设备的生物燃料混合物，而无需修改。不幸的是，目前的生物乙醇生产工艺要么效率低下，导致净能量收益低，要么侵犯了其他行业，如食品或农业行业。一个令人鼓舞的解决方案是使用木质纤维素生物质作为生物乙醇的来源。这笔NSERC赠款将用于支持一家加拿大生物技术公司（IntelligentNano Inc.）和阿尔伯塔大学（UofA）的团队，共同设计一个超声波系统，以提高生物乙醇的生产。