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

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• Keywords: バイオリファイナリー

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.

Free Research Field

生物化学工学