TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE ALGAL BIOREFINERY

Projektinformationen

TASAB

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 706642

DOI 10.3030/706642

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 18 Februar 2016

Startdatum 13 Januar 2017

Enddatum 12 Januar 2019

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Gesamtkosten € 183 454,80

EU-Beitrag € 183 454,80

Koordiniert durch

ASTON UNIVERSITY
United Kingdom

Ziel

Algal-based biofuels are increasingly attracting attention as they have the capacity to serve both as a source of renewable carbon fuels and as a powerful tool for carbon sequestration. However, algal biofuel production remains outside the realm of economic feasibility due to the energy-intensive extraction techniques and limitations in algal cultivation which requires large amounts of fertilizer. Existing commercial algal biomass production technologies are prohibitively expensive for fuel generation which represents a commercial constraint to developing competitive European algal biofuel companies. The proposed Fellowship – TASAB - is a novel algal biorefinery concept, offering an environmentally-sustainable closed system integrating both thermal and biochemical conversion pathways. This concept will be able to maximize energy production from algae for achieving a net positive energy balance and to almost fully recycle nutrients to support algal large scale production and reduce the economic and environmental impacts associated with synthetic fertilizer use. TASAB will enhance and upgrade bio-oil yield and produce value-added products and biochemicals which could be sold at a premium and would offset production costs for energy generation. TASAB will enable this sector to produce cost-competitive biofuels, while creating a future-oriented sustainable economy. TASAB is a multidisciplinary project, enabling the Fellow to expand his research capabilities by undergoing intensive training in thermal processing at the EBRI (Birmingham, UK), algal biomass culturing techniques at the EBRI and Varicon Aqua Ltd (UK), anaerobic fermentation and electrolysis at LBE (France) and nutrient recovery at SOTON (UK). This training combined with his strong background in wastewater management will significantly expand his skill set, generating a highly valued researcher that will lead academia /industry in the promising European algal biorefinery sector.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• engineering and technology › environmental biotechnology › bioremediation › bioreactors
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › renewable energy
• natural sciences › biological sciences › microbiology › phycology
• engineering and technology › industrial biotechnology › biomaterials › biofuels
• engineering and technology › industrial biotechnology › bioprocessing technologies › fermentation

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Thema/Themen

• MSCA-IF-2015-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

H2020-MSCA-IF-2015

Finanzierungsplan

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Koordinator

ASTON UNIVERSITY

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 183 454,80
• Adresse: ASTON TRIANGLE ; B4 7ET Birmingham ; Vereinigtes Königreich
• Region: West Midlands (England) › West Midlands › Birmingham
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: € 183 454,80