BIOFUELS: USE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TO MEET ENERGY CHALLENGES

International Journal of Biomedical Research

S. S. Tanawade¹  B. A. Bapat²  N. S. Naikwade³ 

[1] Lecturer, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Appasaheb Birnale College of Pharmacy, Sangli.;PG Student, Dept. of pharmaceutical Chemistry, Appasaheb Birnale College of Pharmacy, Sangli;Vice-Principal, HOD, Dept. of Pharmacology, Appasaheb Birnale College of Pharmacy, Sangli.

关键词: Biofuels;    Energy Challenge;    Bio-Hydrogen;    Biophotolysis of water;   

DOI  :  10.7439/ijbr.v2i1.77

学科分类：基础医学

来源: Scholar Science Journals

【 摘 要 】

Biofuels offer exciting possibilities for reducing the use of conventional energy resources – which are limited & cause immense pollution. Fermentative production of Ethanol & Bio-hydrogen production are the key techniques to obtain biofuels that can satisfy greater portion of energy demand & both are clean, renewable sources of energy. Bio-hydrogen production serves as a tool for production of Hydrogen, (which is ultimate fuel & energy carrier) by the use of micro-organisms. Some photosynthetic bacteria such as Rhodopseudomonas polustris generate hydrogen using nitrogenase or hydrogenase enzymes as catalylists, while green algae & cynobacteria use water-splitting photosynthetic processes to generate molecular hydrogen. The limitations like lower efficiency, oxygen sensitivity & ambiguous mechanism of hydrogen formation can be overcome by the use of Biotechnology for designing micro-organisms optimized for hydrogen production. This review comprises of points on the basis of which required goals of hydrogen production can be achieved by the use of Biotechnology.

【 授权许可】

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