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

在接下来的50年里，我们将耗尽50%以上的化石燃料储存。因此，我们必须开始开发替代的可再生能源，如太阳能、风能和生物燃料。最广为人知的生物燃料来源之一是生物乙醇，它是一种可再生的生物能源，可以与石油混合，在不经修饰的情况下创建用于传统设备的生物燃料混合物。不幸的是，目前的生物乙醇生产过程要么效率低下，导致净能量收益较低，要么正在侵犯其他行业，如食品或农业。一个令人鼓舞的解决办法是使用木质纤维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(智能纳米公司)之间的合作。和艾伯塔大学(UofA)合作，共同设计一种超声波系统，以提高生物乙醇的生产。

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.