PI: Prof Eoin Casey (UCD)
Prof Patrick Guiry (UCD)
Prof Yuriii Gun’ko (TCD)FI: Prof JJ Leahy (UL)Staff: Postdoctorate Researchers:
Dr Sorcha Daly (UCD)

Postgraduate Researchers:
Tomislav Horvat (UCD)
Burcu Akkoyunlu (UCD)Biotechnological conversion processes involving gases (derived from residues) are often limited by challenges such as (i) poor mass transfer characteristics (rate-limiting) particularly due to low solubility of relevant gases (ii) safety issues with certain gases (iii) presence of impurities in the gas streams (iv) a limited understanding of the design and scale-up of gas-based systems. This project aims to overcome these obstacles with new bioreactor designs involving membranes and to undertake scale-up and techno-economic analysis of these novel process.Publications:B Akkoyunlu, S Daly, E Casey (2021) Membrane bioreactors for the production of value-added products: Recent developments, challenges and perspectives – Bioresource Technology