This project focuses on the development of innovative Gas Separation Membrane Bioreactor (GS-MBR) system that bridges cost-effective microalgal cultivation and its simultaneous conversion to value-added chemicals, in particular gaseous energy carrier such as biohydrogen. An important cornerstone of the proposed concept is to achieve the direct and efficient capture of greenhouse gas CO2 (a naturally-occurring compound of the anaerobic fermenter’s atmosphere to be refused by gas separation membranes) using algae, which, after harvesting, can be used as a feedstock for dark fermentation to advocate for a novel, circular bioprocess. The design of the envisaged GS-MBR requires the cooperation of scientists skilled in various bio- and membrane-technological areas, which is in compliance with the purpose of the Joint Korea-V4 Call, encouraging intense research networking in order that new, cutting-edge technologies are delivered as a result.
Poland: Stanisław Koter, Wojciech Kujawski
Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Toruń, Poland
Hungary: Péter Bakonyi, Katalin Bélafi-Bakó, Nándor Nemestóthy
Research Institute of Bioengineering, Membrane Technology and Energetics, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
Czech Republic: Jakub Peter, Zbynek Pientka
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Republic of Korea: Gopalakrishnan Kumar, Sang-Hyoun Kim
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
G. Li, W. Kujawski, R. Válek, S. Koter, A review - the development of hollow fibre membranes for gas separation processes, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 104 (2021) 103195, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2020.103195
P. Bakonyi, J. Peter, S. Koter, R. Mateos, G. Kumar, L. Koók, T. Rózsenberszki, Z. Pientka, W. Kujawski, S.-H. Kim, N. Nemestóthy, K. Bélafi-Bakó, D. Pant, Possibilities for the biologically-assisted utilization of CO2-rich gaseous waste streams generated during membrane technological separation of biohydrogen, Journal of CO₂ Utilization 36 (2020) 231–243, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2019.11.008
J. Park, G. Kumar, P. Bakonyi, J. Peter, N. Nemestóthy, S. Koter, W. Kujawski, K. Bélafi-Bakó, Z. Pientka, R.Muñoz, S.-H. Kim, Comparative Evaluation of CO2 Fixation of Microalgae Strains at Various CO2 Aeration Conditions, Waste and Biomass Valorization 12 (2021) 2999–3007, DOI: 10.1007/s12649-020-01226-8
P. Bakonyi, J. Peter, N. Nemestóthy, D. Malý, G. Kumar, S. Koter, S-H. Kim, W. Kujawski, K. Bélafi‐Bakó, Z. Pientka, Feasibility study of polyetherimide membrane for enrichment of carbon dioxide from synthetic biohydrogen mixture and subsequent utilization scenario using microalgae, International Journal of Energy Research 45 (2021) 8327–8334, DOI: 10.1002/er.5732
P. Bakonyi, G. Kumar, K. Bélafi-Bakó , S-H. Kim, S. Koter, W. Kujawski, N. Nemestóthy, J. Peter, Z. Pientka, A review of the innovative gas separation membrane bioreactor with mechanisms for integrated production and purification of biohydrogen, Bioresource Technology 270 (2018) 643-655, DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.09.020
S. Koter, W. Kujawski, Membrane separation of H2/CO2 mixtures, XVII International Conference, Physical chemical processes in atomic systems, Moscow, Russia, 26.10-1.11.2019 - invited lecture
Training conference: participants - S. Koter and J. Kujawa, COMSOL Conference 2019 Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 23-27.09.2019
S. Koter, W. Kujawski, G. Li, D. Skrzyniecki, J. Kujawa, Membrane Separation of H2/CO2 Mixtures – A Modeling Approach, 6th International Scientific Conference on Pervaporation, Vapor Permeation, Gas Separation, and Membrane Distillation, Toruń, Poland, 14-17.05.2019
S. Koter, J. Peter, R. Válek, Z. Pientka, J. Kujawa, W. Kujawski, Sequential optimization of the preparation of membranes for gas separation by using the chemometrics, Engineering with Membranes, Båstad, Sweden, 8-10.04.2019
S. Koter, W. Kujawski, Modeling of HF membrane module in Mathematica and COMSOL, On-line conference "Closed loop refinery", organized by Yonsei University (South Korea) 14.09.2020
S. Koter, G. Li, W. Kujawski, Modeling of separation of two gas mixture in the hollow fiber module, XIII Scientific Conference, Membranes and Membrane Processes in Environmental Protection, Zakopane, Poland, 10-11.06.2021 - ONLINE conference
Meeting of consortium partners during the conference - PERMEA, Budapest, Hungary, 26-29.08.2019
"Kick-off meeting " - Veszprem, 2-6.06.2018