Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170103791

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170103791

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Probing microbial emulsions to break barriers to green oil production. This project aims to understand ultrasonic processing of concentrated slurries of oil-bearing yeast and algae. Humans must reduce their dependency on petroleum. While microorganisms can produce oils as replacement fuels and base chemicals, the processes for extracting these oils are inefficient. Ultrasound could improve oil recovery by replacing toxic solvents. Understanding the effects of ultrasound on microbial emulsions is expected to develop solvent-free oil recovery processes that improve the economic and environmental benefits of microbial oil production. Such processes would greatly increase the efficiency and reduce the cost of producing microbial oils that can be used as green alternatives to petroleum fuels and chemicals.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $496,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Industrial Biotechnology | Bioprocessing, Bioproduction and Bioproducts |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Expanding Knowledge in Technology

Other Keywords

Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Bioprocessing, Bioproduction and Bioproducts | Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Industrial Biotechnology

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