H2020Индивидуална стипендия2022–2024

MICRO-BIO · The MICRO-BIO process: a comprehensive platform to capture CO2 from indoor air, transform it into valuable carbon-neutral commodity chemicals

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2022-02-01 → 2024-01-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 160 932 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF

Линиите свързват координатора с партньорите.

Накратко на български

Разработва се прототип за улавяне на въглероден диоксид от затворени помещения и превръщането му в полезни химикали, като например биогорива. Това помага за подобряване на качеството на въздуха в сградите и намаляване на въглеродния отпечатък.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

The MICRO-BIO process: a comprehensive platform to capture CO2 from indoor air, transform it into valuable carbon-neutral commodity chemicals

The coronavirus pandemic has significantly increased public awareness of the effects of poor indoor air quality (IAQ). Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, IAQ was an important public health concern, considering that most people spend 80-90% of their time in indoor environments. Exposure to IAPs can exacerbate a variety of adverse health effects, ranging from mild irritations to severe diseases affecting the endocrine system, the reproductive system, and the central nervous system. In addition, poor IAQ can also impair cognitive performance. In the pursuit of addressing climate change and enhancing IAQ, some indoor air pollutants such as CO2 can be captured, and ideally transformed into sustainable biofuels for internal use, displacing non-renewable fuels used, e.g., for heating the buildings or to be used in situ to minimize the inputs of energy and matter. Thus overall, selective capture and conversion of indoor CO2 into valuable compounds such as biofuels, helps to improve IAQ significantly while reducing the energy footprint of indoor environments, helping to fight climate change. The overall objective of the “MICRO-BIO process” project was to design and develop a prototype to capture and biologically transform indoor CO2 into commodity chemicals.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important public health concern since most people spend 80-90 % of their time indoors. The coronavirus pandemic has increased the public awareness of the effects of poor IAQ. In enclosed indoor spaces fresh air supply can be very low or null and CO2 levels can reach health-threatening levels. Therefore, there is an increasing need to develop technologies to mitigate atmospheric CO2 and improve IAQ, but also technologies capable of transforming it into value-added products such as carbon-neutral commodity chemicals. The MICRO-BIO process is proposed as a comprehensive platform to capture CO2 from indoor air, transform it into valuable carbon-neutral commodity chemicals by developing a multi-unit, modular, and scalable platform process. The MICRO-BIO process is composed by three different modules: 1st a CO2 micro-concentrator module (CO2-MCM) to efficiently adsorb CO2 from indoor air. 2nd, the Microbial Electrochemical Synthesis Module where the H2 bioelectrochemically produced is mixed with CO2 from the CO2-MCM to produce short chain commodity chemicals. And 3rd, the Microbioreactor Module where the carbon-chain elongation process is performed in a capillary microbioreactor to produce hexanol, a sustainable liquid biofuel with high market demand. Objectives of the proposal: 1) Design and operation of a CO2-MCM prototype to efficiently adsorb CO2 from indoor air. 2) Development of a real-control system for steering gas bio-electro-fermentation towards selective production of hexanol. 3) Set-up a MICRO-BIO process prototype to demonstrate the optimized operation for hexanol production. This fellowship will contribute to addressing the actions included in the Green deal roadmap of the EU, by investing in environmentally friendly technologies and decarbonizing the energy section. Also shares the target of UN Sustainable Development goal titled ""Affordable and clean energy”: to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology.""

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSITAT DE GIRONA · GironaКоординаторИспания