Process Engineering Aspects for the Microbial Conversion of C1 Gases

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Abstract

Industrially applied bioprocesses for the reduction of C1 gases (CO2 and/or CO) are based in particular on (syn)gas fermentation with acetogenic bacteria and on photobioprocesses with microalgae. In each case, process engineering characteristics of the autotrophic microorganisms are specified and process engineering aspects for improving gas and electron supply are summarized before suitable bioreactor configurations are discussed for the production of organic products under given economic constraints. Additionally, requirements for the purity of C1 gases are summarized briefly. Finally, similarities and differences in microbial CO2 valorization are depicted comparing gas fermentations with acetogenic bacteria and photobioprocesses with microalgae.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages33-56
Number of pages24
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameAdvances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology
Volume180
ISSN (Print)0724-6145
ISSN (Electronic)1616-8542

Keywords

  • Acetogen
  • Bubble column reactor
  • Chain elongation
  • Co-cultivation
  • Combustion gas impurities
  • Continuous processes
  • Gas-lift reactor
  • Kinetics
  • Membrane reactor
  • Microalgae
  • Open photobioreactor
  • Raceway pond
  • Syngas fermentation
  • Syngas impurities
  • Thin-layer cascade reactor
  • Trickle-bed biofilm reactor

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