Research Areas
Introduction
The Laboratory of Biochemical Conversion for Biomass Energy is a specialized research unit focused on the biochemical conversion, development and utilization of biomass energy. In response to major national needs in economic and social development, the laboratory has undertaken dozens of key projects funded by national programs, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, local governments, and international collaborations, yielding a wealth of significant scientific and technological achievements. It has been honored with two First-Class Prizes of the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award and one Second-Class Prize of the National Energy Science and Technology Progress Award from the National Energy Administration.
Over the past five years, the laboratory has published over 280 research papers in leading journals across energy, biology, chemistry and related fields, been granted more than 100 invention patents, and contributed to the compilation of 18 monographs. It has established strong technical cooperation with well-known enterprises in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Guangxi, Hainan and other provinces, and has set up demonstration bases in multiple regions. On the international stage, the laboratory maintains extensive cooperation and academic exchanges with universities and research institutes in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, South Korea, Germany, Australia, the United States and beyond.
The laboratory currently comprises a multidisciplinary, energetic, and motivated research team, including 7 professors, 1 professor-level engineer, 8 associate professors, 4 senior engineers, 2 assistant professors, and 7 special research assistants / postdoctoral fellows.
1. Biological pretreatment of fibrous feedstocks
2. Screening and domestication of energy-related microorganisms
3. Preparation of methanogenic bacterial agents and bioaugmented anaerobic fermentation
4. Production of carbon materials via biomass pyrolysis
1. Construction and regulation of lignocellulose fractionation systems
2. Pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of woody lignocellulose
3. Pyrolysis technology for catalytic reduction of tar from municipal sludge and synergistic pollutant emission control
4. Optimization of one-step furfural production and analysis of key influencing factors
5. Blending technology of ester-based fuels with gasoline and diesel
6. Development and application of alkaline pretreatment processes for lignocellulosic ethanol production
7. Biological conversion of syngas to fuel ethanol
8. Key technologies for co-producing biofuels and chemicals from bagasse － Biofuel and Biorefinery Center
1. Hydrodeoxygenation of waste lipids to hydrocarbon fuels
2. Methanol synthesis via CO2 hydrogenation
3. Deacidification of waste lipids using solid acid catalysts
4. Biodiesel synthesis catalyzed by solid base catalysts
5. Production of octadecanol through lipid hydrogenation
6. Lipase immobilization
7. Expression and application of photodecarboxylases
8. Separation process for glycerol as a biodiesel by-product
Energy and Environmental Microorganisms (Microalgae)
1. R&D of microbial agents and bioaugmentation technologies for wastewater treatment and environmental remediation
2. Cyanobacterial bloom control using algicidal bacteria
3. Algae-bacteria symbiotic systems for wastewater treatment coupled with resource recovery
4. Technologies for biological capture and utilization of CO2
5. Low-salinity domestication of marine microalgae and its biochemical mechanisms
6. High-density cultivation of heterotrophic (or mixotrophic) microalgae strains
7. Microalgal bioenergy and high-value utilization
8. Phytoplankton identification in river basins and eutrophication risk assessment