Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Photo2Fuel (Artificial PHOTOsynthesis to produce FUELs and chemicals: hybrid systems with microorganisms for improved light harvesting and CO2 reduction)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2022-09-01 do 2024-02-29
Photo2Fuel aims to have a large and positive impact on the decarbonization efforts. During the project implementation, an early scaling up and exploitation (certification) roadmap will be addressed to a fast replication and further commercialisation of Photo2Fuel’s process after the project completion.
This will ensure a contribution to enhance the project impact in the medium to long term, setting the basis for an improved European sector, which can reach climate neutrality while promoting the circular economy.
The primary target is achieving a full EU implementation of the process to completely boost the exploitation of these sources in the medium to long term.
This will ensure a contribution to enhance the project impact in the medium to long term, setting the basis for an improved European sector, which can reach climate neutrality while promoting the circular economy.
The primary target is achieving a full EU implementation of the process to completely boost the exploitation of these sources in the medium to long term.
Photo2Fuel is contributing to the development of an innovative technology to convert CO2 by means of microorganisms into useful fuels and chemicals, specifically acetic acid and methane.
So far the project has produced and tested several types of photosensitisers and tested them with the microorganisms - Moorella thermoacetica & Metanosarcina barkeri - that were cultivated from the scratch for the project.
The project is also modelling the growth of the microorganisms so it can be optimised. Two different reactor designs for each microorganisms are also being designed for each microorganisms, since they behave differently.
The separation process of the acetic acid from the media is being research with three different techniques and their efficiency as costs are being compared and analysed.
Finally, the sustainability of the two systems is being evaluated as well, which includes the analysis of the three pillars of the sustainability: environmental, social and economic.
So far the project has produced and tested several types of photosensitisers and tested them with the microorganisms - Moorella thermoacetica & Metanosarcina barkeri - that were cultivated from the scratch for the project.
The project is also modelling the growth of the microorganisms so it can be optimised. Two different reactor designs for each microorganisms are also being designed for each microorganisms, since they behave differently.
The separation process of the acetic acid from the media is being research with three different techniques and their efficiency as costs are being compared and analysed.
Finally, the sustainability of the two systems is being evaluated as well, which includes the analysis of the three pillars of the sustainability: environmental, social and economic.
At the moment (M18), two microorganisms are being researched Moorella thermoacetica as well as Methanosarcina barkeri.
It is the first time that a hybrid system with Methanosarcina barkeri is being tested with photosensitisers in its surface, so it is already an advancement of the state of the art in research.
It is the first time that a hybrid system with Methanosarcina barkeri is being tested with photosensitisers in its surface, so it is already an advancement of the state of the art in research.