Gasfermentation
Special microorganisms are able to produce chemicals with carbon dioxide as sole carbon source. Energy may be supplied from sun-light or hydrogen gas. Bioprocess engineering is the key to make use of these energy sources for the microbial production of chemicals from carbon dioxide on an industrial scale.
Research Projects
- Process integration of gas fermentation and microbial oil production
- Hexanoate production from carbon dioxide with synthetic co-cultures
- Synthetic co-cultures for the production of alcohols from carbon monoxide
- Continuous production of alcohols from biogenic syngas
- Synthetic anaerob biofilms
- Bioelectrocatalysis with acetogenic microorganisms
- Phototrophic production of bioproducts with microalgae
- Bioproduction of microbial oils and lubricants from carbon dioxide
Finished Research Projects
- Synthetic co-cultivation of C. carboxidivorans with C. kluyveri for syngas conversion
- Syngas fermentation studies with Clostridium ragsdalei for enhanced alcohol production
- Autotrophic conversion of biogenic synthesis gas with Clostridium carboxidivorans and Clostridium autoethanogenum
- Reaction engineering analysis of Dunaliella salina for the production of β-carotene at physically simulated climate conditions
- Biomass and lipid production with Microchloropsis salina in open thin-layer cascade photobioreactors
- Multi-purpose bioreactor for gas fermentations with suspended or immobilized acetogenic microorganisms
- Reaction engineering analysis of Clostridium carboxidivorans for autotrophic production of alcohols
- Reaction engineering analysis of Clostridium aceticum for gas fermentation
- Open thin-layer cascade photobioreactors for microalgae mass production with physical climate simulation
- Computational fluid dynamics assisted design of thin-layer cascade photobioreactor components
- Reaction engineering analysis of Nannochloropsis sp. for the production of lipids with diverse photobioreactors
- Light dependent growth kinetics of Scenedesmus spec. in flat-plate photobioreactors
- Comparative reaction engineering analysis of different acetogenic bacteria for gas fermentation
- Process intensification of gas fermentations with Acetobacterium woodii in stirred-tank reactors
- Reaction engineering analysis of autotrophic acetat production with Acetobacterium woodii
- Reaction engineering studies of autohydrogenotrophic nitrate respiration of Cupriavidus necator