| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥8,840,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,040,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The commercialization of microalgae biofuels is highly expected as a strategy of efficient energy security in the future.
The whole process of biofuel production from microalgae by using photocatalytic technology that can directly utilize sunlight has been proposed world first. The research focused on developing novel photocatalytic materials and investigating the technology of recovery of microalgae, oil extraction, residue treatment and biogas conversion from microalgae residues. The results showed that the photocatalytic technology process can facilitate low-cost, highly efficient microalgae energy recovery. It could be possible to establish a sustainable bioenergy recovery system.
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