Biomass Project Research Center, Hiroshima University, and HOSTY Association are co-organizing the Hiroshima University Biomass Evening Seminar. This seminar covers topics from the fundamentals of biomass to the latest information so that it can contribute the activities on biomass in this district. The 47th seminar will be held as follows. Please join.

【Date & Time】



Thu.10, Nov,2016 16:20-17:50



【Place】



Engineering 110 Lecture Room, Higashi-Hiroshima Campus, Hiroshima University

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【Program】



Commentary: Yukihiko MATSUMURA (Professor, Institute of Engineering, Hiroshima University)

Chair: Obie FAROBIE (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Institute of Engineering Hiroshima University)



◆Lecture: Yoshiko OKAMURA

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University

“Possibility of wastewater treatment and light oil production by short chain fatty acid assimilating bacterium.”

Short chain fatty acid assimilating bacterium Nitratireductor sp. strain OM-1 can assimilate all of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) included in the methane fermentation residue. It was reported that strain OM-1 completely consumed all VFAs in wastewater derived from methane fermentation from brown algae at previous seminar. In this seminar, focusing on COD and sludge in the fermentation residue, we will talk about the effectiveness of co-culture of strain OM-1 and methane bacteria consortium.

Recently, moreover, unique features of oil production depending on VFA species and culture conditions were found in strain OM-1. We would like to discuss about possibility of light production from marine biomass with strain OM-1.







◆Lecture: Machi KANNA

Assistant Professor, Institute of Engineering, Hiroshima University

“Modeling of saccharification and fermentation for production of bioethanol”



Bioethanol has potential applications as an alternative to fossil fuels. The production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass has a process of pretreatment, saccharification and fermentation.

In this research, we established modeling of simultaneous saccarification and fermentation which combines saccharification and fermentation.

To accelerate enzymatic saccharification rate, we established modelling of enzymatic hydrolyzation using hydrothermal dissolution cellulose.

※We will hold the discussion meeting from 18:00 (800 JPY needed). Join this meeting, too if you are available.



【Inquiries】

HOSTY Association (Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University)

E-mail: bprc(AT)hiroshima-u.ac.jp（Please replace (AT) with @）