Macroalgae bioethanol production has been carried out using marine biomass such as sea tangle (Laminaria japonica), sea mustard (Undaria pinnatifida) etc. Seaweeds, macroalgae grow faster than land plant and contain large amount of carbohydrate [1]. Macroalgae can be classified to red, brown and green algaes and contains 53~70%, 30~67% [2] and 48~55% of carbohydrate, respectively. However, the carbohydrate compositions of macroalgae are too complex and variable to degrade to reducing sugar. Therefore, proper saccharification process is required for the ethanol production. Physical, chemical and biological pretreatment and saccharification processes should be developed. Also, the ethanol fermentation process should be developed using proper yeasts. After the evaluation of saccharification and ethanol production processes, simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process will be developed for the reduction of processes for cost reduction. The general evaluation on this area for marine bioethanol production and R&D status will be discussed in this topic.
키워드
bioenergybioethanolseaweed
저자
Sung-Koo KIM [ Dept. of Biotechnology, Pukyong National University, Busan, 608-737, Korea. ]
한국생물공학회 [The Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering]
설립연도
1984
분야
공학>생물공학
소개
이 법인은 생물 공학의 발전과 보급에 이바지하고, 회원 상호 간의 연구 협력과 친목을 도모함을 목적으로 한다
1. 생물공학 분야의 발전을 위한 연구 협력
2. 생물공학의 실용화를 촉진시키기 위한 산학 협동
3. 학술연구 발표회, 강연회, 연수회 등 학술활동의 개최
4. 국,영문 학술지,소식지,학술회의 Proceedings 및 학술도서의 발간
5. 생물공학 발전을 위한 정책 건의
6. 기타 국제 교류 등 본 학회의 목적 달성을 위한 제반 활동