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Microorganismsin Biofuel Production.
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Bioenergy resources
Corn, sorghum, sugar cane Animal fat, Vegetable oil
Food-based
Municipal solid waste (MSW)
Mill/urban wood waste
Agricultural residues
Forest waste/thinnings… Industrial [processing] waste
Non-Food-based
Short rotation woody crops (SRWC) Energy crops Algae
Microbial & Animal Resources
Wastes and residues.
Primary raw material
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Storage
Conversion to biofuel
Feedstock production
Biomass-BIOFUEL system
Harvest & collection
TransportationHandling and
queuing at Biorefinery
Distribution/End-use
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Role of microbes
BioprocessorsSource of biocatalyst (enzymes)o Preprocessing of feedstock for fuel productiono Cell wall modificationo Feedstock preservationo Pretreatment o Hydrolysiso Fuel production (An array of conversion options)
• Other [energy saving & environmental roles• Carbon recycling• Micro-carbon sinks• Carbon extension???• Waste treatment/Bioremediation
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• Solid fuel: Fuel wood, Charcoal,
residues, animal dung, Briquettes,
pellets
• Gaseous fuel: Biogas, Methane,
Hydrogen, Syngas
• Liquid fuel: Ethanol (liquid or gel),
Butanol, Biodiesel, Green diesel,
Biogasoline, jet fuel, Microdiesel,
Electrofuels
• Electricity:
Heating & Cooling
Cooking
Transportation
Electricity
Industrial processes
Biofuel energy options• [Trans]esterification• Combustion• Combine Heat and Power (CHP)• Pyrolysis• Gasification• Hydroprocessing/treatment• Fermentation• Anaerobic digestion• Microbial Fuel cells
• Electrosynthesis (liquid fuels)• Electromethanogenesis/Electrohydrogenesis
(gaseous fuels)• Electricity
Thermal route
Thermochemical route
Biochemical route
Bio-electrochemical route
Require biocatalyst(enzymes or microbes)
Chemical route
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Conversion
Microbial Communities
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Conversion to biofuel
Microbial Communities
What are will looking for ?• Growth in high substrate concentration• Tolerance to stress• Substrate flexibility • Product specificity• High productivity • High yield• Fast doubling time???
• Media composition • Operational conditions • Biological parameters
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Ethanol production
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Hydrolysis: carbohydrate
Cellulose
Starch: AmylopectinAmylose
Alpha 1-4 glycosidic bond
Alpha 1-6 glycosidic bond
Glucose Units
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Conversion to Ethanol
Microbial Communities
Hydrolytic enzymes
Single species Complex of multiple enzymes (Cellulosome)
Bacteria
Fungi
Saccharolyticmicrobes
Fermentative microbes
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Most researchedCommercial
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Ferment CO to ethanol
• Clostridium carboxidivorans• Clostridium ragsdalei• Alkalibaculum bacchi
Clostridia sp = main butanol fermenting microbes
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Ethanol production
3𝐶5𝐻1𝑂𝑂5 → 5𝐶2𝐻5𝑂𝐻 + 5𝐶𝑂2
𝐶6𝐻12𝑂6 → 2𝐶2𝐻5𝑂𝐻 + 2𝐶𝑂21 mole glucose = 2 moles ethanol + 2 moles carbon-dioxide
3 moles xylose = 5 moles ethanol + 5 moles carbon-dioxide
Cellulose Starch Glucose/sucrose
Saccharolyticmicrobes
Ethanol fermenting microbe
EnzymesEthanol [Exo] extracellular
enzymes
[Endo] Intracellular enzymes
secreted
Glucose
Complex sugar
Carbohydrates:
Commercial
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Alcohol fermentors (Lab-scale reactors)
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Anaerobic Digestion
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U.S. Methane Emissions, By Source
Note: All emission estimates from the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2013.
Ruminants:Belching
Flatulence
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Gas composition Human Fart
Ruminant Burp
• Nitrogen 59% 7%
• Hydrogen 21% 0.2%
• Carbon-dioxide 9% 65%
• Methane 7% 27%
• Oxygen 4% 0.5%
• Hydrogen sulfide/Mercaptans
1%
95% of enteric emissions from belching rather than farting
Enteric Fermentation
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Reaction: Fermentation Capacity: 40 to 60 gallons of material Microbes: 150 billion/teaspoon
> 400 different speciesOutput: Energy/nutrients132 - 264 gal of ruminal gas belched/day30 – 50 gallons methane/cow/day
Enteric Fermentation
Biogas digesters
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Anaerobic digestion
Acetrophicmethanogens Hydrogenotrophic
methanogens
Acetogens
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Acetogens
Exclusively acetogenic
Preference for nitrate as electron acceptor
Sulfur reducing
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Dominant methanogenic groups (archaea) :
Manure1) Methanoculleus thermophilicus (hydrogenotrophic) 2) Methanosarcina thermophila (acetotrophic)
Fruits and vegetables1) Methanosphaera stadtmanii (hydrogenotrophic) 2) Methanobrevibacter wolinii (hydrogenotrophic)
Municipal wastes and sewage sludge 1) Methanosaeta concilii (acetotrophic)2) Methanosarcina sp (acetotrophic)
Methanogens
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Bioenergy to the rescue
MissouriHog production facility ~ 2 Million hogs80 manure Lagoons
Emissions per day
Volume (m3) Mass (kg) Mass (ton)
Biogas 720,000.00
Methane 432,000.00 283,392.00 312.39
CO2 288,000.00 570,240.00 628.58
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Bioenergy to the rescue
• Energy production• Pathogen reduction• Odor reduction• Nutrient recovery• Mitigate Global warming
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Operational Biogas Systems in the U.S.
Source: American Biogas Council
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Anaerobic digesters
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Microbial fuel cells (MFC)
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Microbial fuel cells (mfc)
Rabaey and Verstaraete, 2005. Microbial fuel cells: novel biotechnology for energy generation. http://www.microbialfuelcell.org/Publications/Rabaey%20and%20Verstraete%20Trends%20in%20Biotechnology.pdf
Electron mediators or shuttles
Direct membrane associated electron transfer
Nano-wires
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Microbial Fuel Cells (Mfc)
Some MFC bacteria (electricigens)
• Geobacter species• Geobacter metallireducens• Geobacter sulfurreducens• Geobacter psychrophilus
• Desulfuromonas acetoxidans • Geopsychrobacter
•Shewanella putrefacians• Pseudomonas species • Geothrix ferementans
•Shewanella oneidenensis• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(direct membrane electron transfer mechanism -exoelectrogens)
(Produce their own chemical –redox mediators)
http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=1197.php
Use nanowires for electron transfer
Nanowires
1
2
3
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MFC – variants
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MFC – other variants
Hydrogen-producing MFC o BioElectrochemically-Assisted Microbial Reactor (BEAMR)o Biocatalyzed electrolysis cells (BECs)o Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs)
TWO MODES
C2H4O2 + 2 H2O + electricity 2 CO2 + 4 H2
Acetic acid
MEC reaction at cathode: Oxygen + H+ + e- = Hydrogen
2
1
Theoretically: 0.41 Volts to make H2 from acetate, Bacteria produce: ~0.2 to 0.3 V Supplementary voltage: 0.2 VConnect the positive pole of a programmable power supply to the
anode and the negative pole to the cathode
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MFC vs Conventional Fuel Cell (CFC)Utilization of biomass or organic substrate
MFC
Biodegradable substrateAcetate, Ethanol,
Glucose, Waste water, etc
Appropriate bacteria
Electrons produced (bacterial metabolism)
Anode (electron acceptor)
Anoxic condition
Mixed Consortium
preferred
Bacteria as catalyst
Hydrogen rich fuelsNatural gas, Glucose,
Ethanol, Liquid propane, Gasoline, etc
Chemically reformed or hydrogen fermentation
Hydrogen
Anode (Catalytic electrode - Hydrogen
dissociation )
(mainly hydrogen fuel cell)
CFC
Protons and electrons
Protons and electrons
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Microbial Fuel Cells (Mfc)
Single chamber Double chamber
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Emerging technology: Oleaginous microorganisms
• Microbial-based diesel and microdiesel
Non-destructive
• Solar Ethanol• Solar Gasoline• Solar Diesel• Solar Fuels
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Photobioreactor
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Emerging Technologies
Microbial-based Fatty acids for biodiesel
Cyanobacteria
• Modified thioesterases
o Clip the bonds associating the fatty acids with more complex molecules
• Modified S and peptidoglycan layers
o allow fatty acids to more easily escape outside the cell
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Emerging Technologies
Microdiesel
Genetically Modified Escherichia coli
Ethanol producing genes from Zymomonas mobilis
another genes from Acinetobacter baylyi to produce enzymatic catalyst for the reaction
• Uses oils/fatty acids and sugars
• Plant waste, food waste
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Microbial Communities
Silage bag
Wrapped silage
StorageBunker silo (Horizontal)
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Some endogenic silage microorganisms
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Propionic
Butyric
Iso-butyric
Acetic
LacticInh
ibit
ory
cap
acit
y d
ecr
eas
es
Common organic acids in anaerobic solid state fermentation
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pKa% Dissociated
at pH 4.5 Post storage advantage
4.88 29.42 Aerobic stability
4.82 32.37 None
4.86 30.39Ethanol stimulant (if less than 4g/L)
4.76 35.46Ethanol stimulant (if less than 6 g/L)*
3.85 81.71Ethanol stimulant (if less than 8g/L)*
* Higher concentrations can be present singularly (up to 10 g/L and 20 g/L for acetic and lactic respectively) without any inhibitory effect on ethanol
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Microscopic images comparing unensiled and ensiled corn stover (Adapted from Oleskowicz-Popiel et al. 2010).
Ensiled corn stover (with
microbial additive)
Unensiledcorn stover
Effect of organic acids on feedstock structure
X 100 X 300
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Additive: Biomax Si (CHR Hansen, Denmark) containing lactic acid bacteriaStorage moisture: 23 – 30%
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Ultimate goal and expectations?
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Feedstock production
Microbial Communities
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Strategy focus mainly on: • Decreasing lignin content• Altering/modifying lignin content • incorporate enzymatic biocatalyst• or microbial bioprocessers
• Down regulation of lignin synthesis enzymes e.g. shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase
• Overexpression of some gene• Replace lignin-lignin bonds with bond
• Gradually act on plant cell walls during growth
• Activated at crop maturity or at harvest or during feedstock processing to increase cell wall digestibility and make sugars more accessible
Microbes in feedstock production
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Two Models
Microfibrils
Polyoses (Hemicellulose)
Lignin
Cellulose
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Lignin
LigninNon-carbohydrate
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4-hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA hydratase/lyase
Enzymes from bacteria (e.g. Pseudomonas fluorescens)
Lower degree of polymerization/molecular weightCleavage of some side chains
Microbe-derived hydrolytic enzymes
Biomass-degrading enzymes used
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Bioprospecting
Mostly based on natural analogues
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Microbial Communities
Hmm…My poop has more
value than I do
Lignocellulose Degradation
Methane (Biogas) production
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Questions
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