Date: Monday, 24 June 2024
Time: 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Session code 5AV.2
Biofuels and renewable hydrocarbon biofuels
Screening of Glycerol-utilized Anaerobic Bacteria for Biobutanol Production
Short Introductive summary
Biodiesel has been produced from transesterification reaction of various lipids and alcohols with numerous catalysts . One of the main by-products is glycerol. Biodiesel production trend and consumption have been increasing constantly and glycerol would be followed. Butanol has been used as precursors and solvent in different industries and has a prospective to utilize as biofuel due to its similar fuel properties with gasoline. Butanol could be renewable bioenergy since it could be produced from bacterium with renewable resources. However, a few strains of Clostridium sp., main butanol producers, could utilize glycerol as a whole carbon source and hardly convert to butanol. Therefore, this study has been focused on screening of anaerobic bacteria which utilized glycerol for butanol production.
Presenter
Vorapat SANGUANCHAIPAIWONG
King Monkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Biology Dpt., Faculty of Science
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Co-authors:
P. Piewyoo, King Monkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, THAILAND
K. Tuekhwansat, King Monkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, THAILAND
N. Leksawasdi, Chiang Mai University, THAILAND
Session reference: 5AV.2.11