Bioprocess Intensification for Carbon Dioxide and Waste-derived Feedstock Conversion to Bio-based Products
Student: Louise Amor-Seabrooke
Supervisors: Dr. Sharon Velasquez-Orta and Prof Adam Harvey
Location: Newcastle University
Industrial Partner: Biofuel Evolution Ltd and CPI
To effectively address the climate crisis, we must transition towards a net-zero future and embrace a circular economy framework. The process industries play a significant role in greenhouse gas emissions, making it crucial for them to adopt sustainable practices. This includes utilising renewable fuels, materials, and resources to decarbonize operations and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Through collaboration between Biofuel Evolution Ltd, the PINZ CDT team, and CPI, this project will investigate the biological conversion of captured carbon dioxide and waste-derived feedstocks into renewable products.
Data analytics to map the composition of waste-derived feedstocks across domestic and global geographic regions will help us examine how seasonality (in particular weather conditions) might affect their fundamental characteristics and how waste streams will differ geographically. By understanding this, we can then design, evolve and optimise highly characterised biocatalysts, microorganisms, and microbial consortia to convert waste-based feedstocks into new products. Finally, using CPI’s pilot plant facilities, the project will assess the scalability and usability of the processes and technologies that have demonstrated in a laboratory environment, expanding on the breakthroughs and key learnings discovered.
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