Projects
Living plants in microbial fuel cells for clean, renewable, sustainable, efficient, in-situ bioenergy production Ghent University
Abstract (max. 60 woorden): (Sediment)microbial fuel cells are able to produce electricity by oxidation of organic substances. This technology is enhanced by adding plants. They provide continuous organic substances, by rhizodeposition, derived from the greenhouse gas CO2 and sunlight. Focus will be on anodic conversion efficiencies, low-tech design, molecular characterization (and possibly control) of the rhizosphere microbiology. Soil ...
System analysis of a bio-energy plantation: full greenhouse gas balance and energy accounting. (POPFULL) University of Antwerp
Converting organic matters from European urban and natural areas into stable bio-energy Ghent University
The utilisation and development of environmentally friendly technologies are key factors for the achievement of the ambitious aims of EU to increase the share of renewable energies. The ener-getic utilisation of biomass has an important role, as in contrast to other renewables (wind/PV), biomass is storable and it is possible to produce storable bio-fuels.
However, at present the energy production from biomass is often economically ...
GENCOMM: GENerating energy secure COMMunities through Smart Renewable Hydrogen Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Rewiring the Streptomyces cell factory for cost-effective production of biomolecules KU Leuven
STREPSYNTH aims to set-up a Streptomyces-based new industrial production platform (SNIP) for high value added biomolecules. Streptomyces lividans was chosen as a bacterial host cell because it has been already shown to be highly efficient for the extracellular production of a number of heterologous molecules that vary chemically, has a robust tradition of industrial fermentation and is fully accessible to genetic intervention. To develop SNIP ...
Green valorization of CO2 and Nitrogen compounds for making fertilizers (CONFETI). University of Antwerp
Natural and Synthetic Microbial Communities for Sustainable Production of Optimised Biogas Ghent University
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic matter is a robust technology for biogas synthesis from different types of waste (sewage sludge from water treatment, animal slurry, bio-waste, etc.). The main goal of AD is the production of methane, a renewable energy source that can be used to generate electricity, heat or as vehicle fuel. Biogas is a mixture of methane (CH4; 55– 70% of the total volume), carbon dioxide (CO2; 30–40%) and traces of other ...