Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access

1-butanol production from carbon dioxide by Synechococcus elongtus in Turkey

International Congress and Expo on Biofuels & Bioenergy

August 25- 27, 2015 Valencia, Spain

Cansu Dogan

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Fundam Renewable Energy Appl

Abstract :

Carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is increasing as a result of the combustion of fossil fuels each year as 2.3 ppm.
However, climate change and the reduction of available energy resources necessities of implementation of new renewable
energies. Sources of CO2 in the atmosphere originated from the power plants, from the refineries and from the industries
treating their waste and waste waters with anaerobic digestion and fermentation. Furthermore, it was observed that the CO2
emissions increasing significantly from the waste digestires and from the some factories and from the vehicles according to the
recent studies. In this study, it was aimed to convert the CO2 to fuel(1-butanol) by Synechococcus elaongatus which is a genus
from Cyanobacteria. The ratio of CO2utilized to1-butanolproduced (CO2utilized/1-butanolproduced) was monitored. The effects of some
environmental factors (SO4
-2, NO3, NaCl, pH and temperature) were investigated on the 1-butanol production from CO2 The
levels of thiolase and Crotonase enzymes produced throughout the metabolism of Synechococcus elaongatus were investigated.