Sustainable excretable biofuels process design and optimisation

从藻类生产的生物燃料是替代传统化石燃料和使可持续能源多样化的优秀替代品。由于太阳能和大气二氧化碳是生产生物燃料的直接能源和碳源，燃烧这些燃料时不会向环境释放额外的二氧化碳。因此，藻类生物燃料生产工艺与循环经济相匹配，并具有工业可持续性的特点。为了促进环境友好型生物燃料的商业化，本提案旨在确定可持续排泄性生物燃料的生产工艺路线，用于交通能源供应。特别是，将选择三种可排泄的生物燃料，即生物氢(清洁运输燃料)、生物丁醇(汽油的替代品)和生物碳氢化合物(柴油的替代品)，因为它们估计在不久的将来会有巨大的全球需求。在整个项目中，将构建先进的生物过程模拟和优化方法，用于对可排泄的生物燃料进行经济和环境评估，以解决这一挑战。此外，在我提议的研究中开发的策略不仅可以应用于生物燃料生产，还可以应用于未来的其他生物过程。

Biofuels produced from algae constitute an outstanding alternative to replace conventional fossil fuels and diversify sustainable energy sources. Because solar energy and atmospheric carbon dioxide are the direct energy and carbon source for biofuel production, no additional carbon dioxide is released to the environment when burning these fuels. Therefore, algae based biofuel production processes are a match for circular economy and are characterised by industrial sustainability. In order to facilitate the commercialisation of environmentally friendly biofuels, this proposal aims to determine the sustainable excretable biofuels production process routes for transportation energy supply. In particular, three excretable biofuels, biohydrogen (clean transport fuel), biobutanol (replacement of gasoline) and biohydrocarbon (alternative of diesel), will be selected due to their estimated huge global demand in near future. Throughout this project, advanced bioprocess simulation and optimisation methodologies for the economic and environmental assessment of excretable biofuels will be constructed to resolve this challenge. Moreover, the strategies developed in my proposed research can be applied not only to biofuel production, but also to other future bioprocesses.