从CO2中选择性生产黄油酸,并在微生物电合成细胞中将其升级为butanol
Meritxell Romans-Casas1, Laura Feliu-Paradeda2, Michele Tedesco3
1LEQUiA, Institute of the Environment, University of Girona. Campus Montilivi, Carrer Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69, E-17003, Girona, Spain.
Environmental science and ecotechnology
|August 28, 2023
概括
这项研究优化了微生物电合成 (MES) 以从二氧化碳有效地产生黄油酸,实现了高速率和低能耗. 它还证明了一条将黄油酸升级为butanol的途径.
科学领域:
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 电化学 电化学 电化学
- 微生物学 微生物学
背景情况:
- 微生物电合成 (MES) 提供了碳利用,但面临着低价值产品和高能源需求的挑战.
- 工业采用MES受到经济可行性和能源效率的限制.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个电效的MES系统,从CO2中生产更高价值的化学品.
- 优化选择性生产黄油酸及其随后升级为butanol的操作条件.
主要方法:
- 使用静电操作的MES电池,在输入批次模式下具有低欧米电阻.
- 操纵CO2和H2的可用性和阴极区条件 (pH2,pH),以控制微生物代谢.
- 雇佣社区丰富和细胞注射以提高生产率并减少滞后阶段.
主要成果:
- 通过Megasphaera* sp.的链延长,在14.5 g m-2 d-1 时实现了选择性黄油酸生产 (78%以碳为基础).
- 通过加索利特注射,通过乳酪酸生产显著减少82%的滞后阶段.
- 通过改变二氧化碳养并保持高pH2.2,成功触发了溶剂性butanol生产.
- 获得了 34.6 kWh_el kg-1 的低能耗,用于生产黄油酸.
结论:
- 优化的 MES 操作使得从 CO2 中节能生产黄油酸成为可能.
- 开发的系统提供了一个可行的战略,用于将二氧化碳升级为有价值的化学物质,如黄油酸和butanol.
- 进一步的研究可以集中在提高coulombic效率和扩大过程.
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