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24Research Targets
Group 1: Cyanobacterial Biofuels
OBJECTIVE:-
GROUP 1 To engineer a cyanobacterial strain to produce succinate, n-butanol, etc.
TARGET:-
n-butanol (>4 g/L), succinate (>5 g/L)
Group 2: Algal Biofuels
OBJECTIVE:-
To genetically engineer a microalgal strain to produce high amounts of lipids, oil or ethanol
Group 3: Process Engineering (for algal bioenergy)
OBJECTIVES:-
• Maximize biomass yield in photobioreactor
• Designing optimal photobioreactors
• Cost effective algal harvesting
• Hydrogen production from algal biomass
• Technology package development for Post harvest Processi
Group 4: Biochemical, thermochemical and electrochemical conversion
OBJECTIVES:-
• Catalytic upgrading of bio-oil to transport fuel
• Development of low cost Microbial Carbon Capture (MCC) cells for continuos algal culture and power generation.
Group 5: Rational strategies for enzyme and strain improvement (Biomass to biofuels)
OBJECTIVES:-
• Engineering enzymes with desirable properties
• Simultaneous transport of hexose and pentose sugars in Zymomonas mobilis
• Butanol production in Clostridium sp.
Group 6: Bioreactor design (fermentative processes)
OBJECTIVES:-
• Control design for simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
• Bioethanol production by fractional hydrolysis and cofermentation
Group 7: Techno-economic and Life Cycle Analysis of biomass derived biofuels
Studying the techno-economic feasibility of integrated biorefineries and the life cycle impact assessment of lignocellulosic biofuels and its applications in India.
Center Facilities at IIT-B
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The DBT Pan-IIT Centre for Bioenergy has a central facility with a host of state-of-the-art equipment and expertise currently located at IIT-B. These are available for a fee to both academics and industry for a fee. A few examples are shown below. Clockwise:
- Multicultivator with online monitoring of optical density
- Temperature and light regulated growth chamber
- GC-MS
- LC-MS