Feasibility study into methods for improving the scalability of MICP (Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation) for the production of Low carbon Precast Tiles and internal cladding systems

提高 MICP（微生物诱导方解石沉淀）生产低碳预制砖和内部覆层系统可扩展性的方法的可行性研究

• 批准号: 10067974
• 金额: $ 9.37万
• 依托单位: CRESCO BIOTECH LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10067974
• 关键词: Feasibility; study; into; methods; improving

Cresco uses biotechnology to manufacture low carbon panelling materials for the construction industry. In 2020 Gypsum plasterboard caused 3.5% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions. We develop sustainable and circular alternatives to interior panelling products. Using a bacterial bio-manufacturing process, we produce low carbon bio-composites utilising industrial waste.Our material is naturally water and fire resistant, hard wearing, utilises high percentages of waste material (60-90% wt). The entire manufacturing process happens at room temperature. Being able to manufacture without the need of high energy heating processes is where the majority of the carbon savings occur compared to traditional alternatives. As the bacterial process is naturally carbon negative, it is even possible to go carbon negative if the chemical feedstock is supplied through green energy chains.The material shows great promise for non-structural internal panelling applications which would have a high impact on the embodied carbon of a building.With the growing green construction materials market (estimated $940 Billion by 2030), low carbon off the shelf solutions promise commercial success and are essential if we are to tackle the 10% of global CO2 emissions caused by the manufacture of construction materials.Having worked on optimising our process for panelling the past year, the market blocker is neither demand, nor material properties, but instead optimisation needed at the moulding stage for commercial scalability. Cresco Ltd. and the Living Construction Research Group (HBBE, Northumbria) will assess the feasibility of 3 different methods for improving the energy and resource efficiency during moulding. This will allow the business to make a decision around which process to select for scaling and develop further through a subsequent larger project. The project will act as a catalyst between Cresco and HBBE to aid the development and delivery of a new and disruptive sustainable biomanufacturing process which would pave the way for implementation of a scalable manufacturing system to produce low carbon bio-composite panels.

Cresco使用生物技术为建筑行业生产低碳镶板材料。 2020年，石膏石膏板造成了英国温室气体排放的3.5％。我们开发了内部镶板产品的可持续和循环替代品。使用细菌生物制造过程，我们利用工业废物生产低碳生物复合材料。我们的材料自然是防水和耐火的，硬磨损，利用高百分比的废料（60-90％wt）。整个制造过程发生在室温下。与传统替代方案相比，大多数碳储蓄发生在不需要高能量加热过程的情况下，能够制造。由于细菌过程自然是碳负的，如果化学原料是通过绿色能源提供的，甚至可能会产生碳负的。材料对非结构性内部镶板应用显示出很大的希望，这些应用将对建筑物的体现碳产生很大的影响，对建筑物的体现碳的影响很大，估计绿色建筑材料的不断增长（估计为2030年），估计有10％的成功率，即确定的确定性为2030年），这是确定性的，即确定的碳确定性，销售的碳质量为10％）。由制造材料制造引起的二氧化碳排放量。储备旨在优化我们过去一年的镶板过程，市场阻挡剂既不是需求，也不是材料属性，而是在成型阶段需要优化商业可扩展性。 Cresco Ltd.和生活建筑研究小组（HBBE，Northumbria）将评估3种不同方法的可行性，以提高成型过程中的能源和资源效率。这将使企业围绕哪个过程进行决定，以选择扩展并通过随后的大型项目进一步发展。该项目将充当Cresco和HBBE之间的催化剂，以帮助开发和交付新的和破坏性的可持续生物制造过程，这将为实施可扩展的制造系统铺平道路，以生产低碳生物复合材料面板。