Bioelectrocatalysis Ethylene Synthesis

该项目的目标是开发一种直接利用碳的技术，将沼气和烟道气转化为生物乙烯，并对英国的建筑制造能力进行技术商业评估。该项目将提供一种生物合成技术，该技术将把烟气和废水中的二氧化碳转化为生物乙烯等化学品，而不需要碳捕获和氢，这是电子燃料成本的两个最大成本来源。该项目还将采用先进的技术、自动化和制造技术，以降低制造成本，并对在英国建立具有竞争力的制造设施进行技术-商业评估。该项目将由转型能源有限公司和MTC（制造技术中心）合作交付。该项目将加速采用工程生物技术，以提高二氧化碳减排过程的能源效率，这将加速工业脱碳，并发展英国的生物制造能力。该项目还将促进工程生物领域高技能服务的发展，并为欧盟、美国、日本和韩国等国家提供生物反应器和相关服务的出口机会。与生产电子燃料的传统热化学技术相比，工程生物工艺生产生物乙烯的成本预计将具有很高的成本竞争力。这项创新将提升英国在工程生物学领域的领导地位，并发展一个具有巨大出口潜力的大规模高利润部门。

The goal of the project is development of a direct carbon utilisation technology to convert biogas and flue gases into bioethylene and techno-commercial assessment of building manufacturing capability in the UK.The project will deliver a biosynthesis technology which will convert carbon dioxide in flue gases and wastewater into chemicals such as bioethylene, without the need of carbon capture and Hydrogen, which are the two biggest cost contributors to the cost of e-fuels. The project will also deliver adoption of technical, automation and manufacturing advancements to reduce the cost of manufacturing and develop a techno-commercial assessment of building a competitive manufacturing facility in the UK.The project will be delivered in collaboration between Transformational Energy Limited and MTC (Manufacturing Technology Centre).The project will accelerate the adoption of engineering biology technology to enhance the energy efficiency of carbon dioxide reduction processes, which would accelerate decarbonisation of industries as well as develop biomanufacturing capability in the UK. The project will also lead to development of highly skilled services in engineering biology sector, and export opportunity of bioreactors and associated services to countries such as EU, USA, Japan and South Korea.The cost of bioethylene produced from the engineering biology process is expected to be highly cost competitive as compared to traditional thermochemical technologies for production of e-fuels.The innovation will advance the leadership position of United Kingdom in the area of engineering biology and develop a large scale and high margin sector with significant export potential.