A novel photobioreactor design for efficient CO2 capture from industrial emissions using cyanobacteria

一种新型光生物反应器设计，利用蓝藻有效捕获工业排放中的二氧化碳

基本信息

批准号：
10042927
负责人：
金额：
$ 5.92万
依托单位：
CYANOCAPTURE LTD
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Grant for R&D
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2022 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10042927
关键词：
novel photobioreactor design efficient CO2

项目摘要

CyanoCapture's mission is to provide affordable carbon capture on an industrial scale by using photosynthetic cyanobacteria. The breakthrough technology enables 'true' carbon sequestration to become widely accessible to various emission sources such as power plants, steel and cement industries all over the world. The newly discovered strain (PCC 11901) proposed in this study is capable of taking CO2 directly from emission sites and rapidly convert it into a dense solid matter (biomass) that can be stored or utilised at low cost. Our vision is to become the first in the world to bring a scalable carbon capture technology to the market that has a cost below the £50/tonne CO2 mark.CyanoCapture is at Technological Readiness Level 4 - validation of proof-of-concept at the laboratory stage; having collected several months of carbon fixation assay data in PBRs mimicking outdoor light conditions. Our next step is to scale this to a larger 5m x 5m unit in an outdoor system using real flue gas to further validate the proven concept in situ.CyanoCapture will build up to four PBR units and evaluate novel operational processes to capture CO2 from a medium-scale emission unit in a farm in Chichester. Each PBR is a fully enclosed system: 5m x 5m x 0.5m transparent tarpaulin water tanks fitted with a gas inlet/outlet with electronic and manual control. The system will cultivate non-GM cyanobacterial strain, selected for its fast carbon sequestration potential.

Cyanocapture的任务是使用光合作用蓝细菌以工业规模提供负担得起的碳捕获。突破性技术使“真实”的碳固换能够广泛使用世界各地的各种排放来源，例如发电厂，钢铁和水泥行业。在这项研究中提出的新发现的菌株（PCC 11901）能够直接从发射部位取CO2，并迅速将其转化为密集的固体物质（生物量），可以以低成本存储或使用。我们的愿景是成为世界上第一个将可扩展的碳捕获技术推向市场，其成本低于50英镑/吨的二氧化碳标记。Cyanocapture处于技术准备工作4-验证实验室阶段的概念证明；在收集了几个月的碳固定测定数据，以模仿户外光条件。我们的下一步是使用Real Flue气体在室外系统中将其扩展到更大的5M x 5m单元，以进一步验证良好的概念。循环仪的原位最多将建立多达四个PBR单元，并评估新型的操作过程，以从奇切斯特农场中的中等规模排放量捕获CO2。每个PBR都是一个完全封闭的系统：5m x 5m x 0.5M透明的防水油箱，配备了带有电子和手动控制的气入口/出口。该系统将培养非GM蓝细菌菌株，以其快速的碳固换潜力。