Novel bioreactor design for fermentation of syngas to industrially relevant chemicals

合成气，也被称为合成气，是一种可以从一些碳中性和废物原料中生产的气体，包括生物质和城市废物。合成气可以通过微生物制造大量有用的燃料和工业化学品，这些微生物可以将合成气作为其唯一的能源。然而，由于合成气在液体中不能很好地溶解，因此开发能够使微生物获得足够的合成气以足够快地生产其目标化合物的系统是一个挑战，足以满足经济上的可行性。嗜酸菌设计了一种新的生长室，预计将提高微生物吸收合成气的速度。该项目旨在生成该新型系统的原型和概念验证数据。成功的完成将推动一项技术的进步，该技术有可能极大地扩大通过发酵合成气从废物中经济地生产化学品的数量。

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.