2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of Process Technologies of Biomass Fuel Using Pulsed Powers

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22560275
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Power engineering/Power conversion/Electric machinery
Research Institution	The University of Tokushima
Principal Investigator	SHIMOMURA Naoyuki 徳島大学, 大学院・ソシオテクノサイエンス研究部, 教授 (90226283)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	TERANISHI Kenji 徳島大学, 大学院・ソシオテクノサイエンス研究部, 准教授 (80435403)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	バイオマス燃料 / パルスパワー / バイオエレクトリクス / 微細藻 / エレクトロポレーション
Research Abstract	To improve the extraction efficiency of oil component from microalgae for biomass fuel, electroporation was applied to the cell wall. By using developed pulsed power generator with 25-100 microseconds pulse width, partly- or whole-transparent individuals were observed. In increasing electric fields, some individuals seem having a deficit on the cell wall. The changes were considered to be a result by electroporation. In an experiment for proliferation acceleration by electric pulses, some samples grew faster than controls. Further experiments were required for the confirmation.

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