Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/N011511/1 | |
| Title | Enhanced Biofuel Production via Integrated Microbubble Technology | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Production of transport biofuels (incl. Production from wastes)) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 50%; Applied Research and Development 50%; |
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| Science and Technology Fields | BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Biological Sciences) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor J Green No email address given Molecular Biology and Biotechnolog University of Sheffield |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 January 2016 | |
| End Date | 31 July 2019 | |
| Duration | 43 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £932,491 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Manufacturing; Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | |
| Region | Yorkshire & Humberside | |
| Programme | Manufacturing : Manufacturing | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor J Green , Molecular Biology and Biotechnolog, University of Sheffield (99.996%) |
| Other Investigator | Professor W Zimmerman , Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Sheffield (0.001%) Dr JM Rees , Applied Mathematics, University of Sheffield (0.001%) Professor NAM Monk , Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield (0.001%) Professor RK Poole , Molecular Biology and Biotechnolog, University of Sheffield (0.001%) |
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| Objectives | NB This project has also been given an InnovateUK project number of InnUK/102502/03 | |
| Abstract | Energy efficient microbubbles generated by fluidic oscillation are a recent advance in bio/chemical processing, with applications to lab and industrial scale bioreactors. Because the microbubbles a regenerated cheaply and controllably, they have been shown at the lab scale to lead to substantially lower costs / higher productivity for transfer processes in bioreactors. In this programme, microbubbles will be developed for selected microbial processes. The commercial exemplars are three major aspects of bioethanol production - yeast propagation (aerobic), fermentation (anerobic), & distillation operations, with the promise of a paradigm shift in energy efficiency and productivity. In addition, studies at the lab& pilot scale will form the basis for design and operation guidelines, engaging the whole supply chain to plan incorporation in industrial plant to estimate CAPEX, OPEX, and benefits for economic assessment. The new paradigm should be equally applicable to other bioliquid/biochemical processing from biomass. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 30/09/15 | |
