Development of bio-fuels, bio-chemicals and electricity production

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24310065
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Partial Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Environmental technology/Environmental materials
Research Institution	Kobe University
Principal Investigator	FUKUDA Hideki 神戸大学, その他部局等, その他 (30263396)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	OGINO Chiaki 神戸大学, 大学院工学研究科, 准教授 (00313693) TANAKA Tsutomu 神戸大学, 大学院工学研究科, 准教授 (90436551) YAMADA Ryosuke 神戸大学, 自然科学系先端融合研究環, 助教 (40608626) MATSUMOTO Takuya 神戸大学, 自然科学系先端融合研究環, 助教 (40727161)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥17,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,080,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥8,060,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,860,000)
Keywords	バイオリファイナリー / 固定化菌体触媒 / バイオマス / バイオ燃料電池 / バイオディーゼル
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Production of biodiesel using whole-cell biocatalyst is one of the important technologies for environment-friendly bioprocess. One of the major issues of biodiesel production is a by-product, glycerol. Here, we developed useful glycerol-derived compound production as well as bio-diesel production. Optimization of immobilized support, immobilization method, and whole-cell biocatalyst, successfully production of glycerol-derived compounds was carried out.