Applying bioreactor science to energy, manufacturing, and water treatment/management
Bioreactor and separation technologies offer great opportunities for waste management, energy production and manufacturing. By improving the efficiency of the underlying reactions, we are working to advance a wide range of cost-competitive bioreactor technologies to enhance the applications for cost-effective and efficient waste-to-energy processing.
Focus Areas
- Re-engineering plant flow diagrams to develop innovative technologies for industrial applications
- Development and application of intensified reactor and separation technologies for bioenergy and bioproducts production, water treatment and manufacturing
- Advanced unit operation design, modeling and techno-economic assessment
Capabilities
- Bioprocess and separative reactor technology development and scale up: 1, 500 and 2,500 gals/day bioprocessing system
- Unit modeling, techno-economic and lifecycle analysis
- Wet Chemistry Labs: Bench- and pilot-scale fermenters (0.5 liter- 400 liters), centrifuges, freeze drying
- Analytical: GC and GC/MS, Spectrophotometry (HACH spectrophotometer and reactor), TGA, Bomb calorimeter, HPLC, ICP, IC, FT-IR, TOC analyzer
- Software: ASPEN Plus (full package), COMSOL, CapDet Works, GREET
- Field Corrosion Sensing System: Noninvasive corrosion sensors and monitoring system for oil and gas industrial pipes and facilities
