Bioconversion of Methane for Value-Added Products

Fei, Qiang; Pienkos, Philip

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-74459-9_8

Bioconversion of Methane for Value-Added Products

Book · 01 July 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74459-9_8· OSTI ID:1502340

Fei, Qiang ^[1]; Pienkos, Philip ^[2]

Xi'an Jiaotong University
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

This chapter will briefly summarize the background of methane production from natural gas and biogas together with an introduction to the biomolecular basis of methanotrophy and the actual and potential commercial applications. This chapter also discusses the safety considerations for using methane in laboratory and safe development of methane-based bioprocesses. In the end, this chapter will focus on the process development for biological conversion of methane into desired products with attention to the enhancement of mass transfer efficiency and the development of bioreactor designs.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1502340

Report Number(s):: NREL/CH-5100-63889

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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