Biomass for Anaerobic Digestion and Bioethanol production
Led by CREDIT with SAMS and IT Sligo
Sub-project 1 - Seaweed (Macro-algae) culture
Culture seaweeds, EIA assessment, and polyphenol analysis
Sub-project 2 - Anaerobic Digestion (AD)
Establish operational bench digesters; estimates of methane production potential; maximizing methane yield through nutrient content; and semi-commercial scale trials.
Sub-project 3 Bioethanol Production
New bacterial isolates, chemical mutagenesis, small batch scale, bench top fermentation and large-scale fermentation.
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