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Webinar – Advanced process designs for intensified conversion of CO₂ to bioproducts

Meet Dr Eric Sundstrom from LBNL and Dr Mahek Merchant from H.E.L to discuss how the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Advanced Biofuels Process Development Unit (ABPDU) have developed multiplexed gas fermentation bioreactor systems.

Single-carbon and gaseous fermentation feedstocks have the potential to revolutionize biomanufacturing. Their low cost and availability from diverse sources—including anaerobic digestion, ethanol fermentation, industrial off-gases, biomass gasification, and electrochemical CO₂ reduction— make them attractive for sustainable production.

However, achieving industrial-scale bioconversion of these feedstocks presents significant challenges, particularly in:

Gas-to-liquid mass transfer: Ensuring sufficient delivery of carbon sources, oxygen, and electron acceptors to the biocatalyst.
Optimizing gas partial pressures: Maintaining biologically favorable conditions for microbial growth and conversion.