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Title	Strategies to improve viability of a circular carbon bioeconomy-A techno-economic review of microbial electrosynthesis and gas fermentation
ID_Doc	26548
Authors	Wood, JC; Grov, J; Marcellin, E; Heffernan, JK; Hu, SH; Yuan, ZG; Virdis, B
Title	Strategies to improve viability of a circular carbon bioeconomy-A techno-economic review of microbial electrosynthesis and gas fermentation
Year	2021
Published
Abstract	A circular carbon bioeconomy has potential to halt atmospheric accumulation of greenhouse gases causing climate change and sustainably produce chemical, agricultural and fuel products. Here, we report application of a simplified technoeconomic assessment to critically review two approaches in this space - microbial electrosynthesis and gas fermentation. For microbial electrosynthesis, decoupling of surface-dependant abiotic process for electron delivery from volume-dependant biotic carbon fixation, is shown as the only economically viable strategy to scale-up due to comparatively low biofilm electron consumption rate. This is effectively an electrolyser-assisted gas fermentation system. Targeting high-value products, such as protein for human food consumption is one of the few pathways forward for electrolyser-assisted gas fermentation. Alternatively, gas fermentation of reformed biogas presents an interesting and potentially more sustainable implementation pathway to improve economic viability of chemicals. This critical review suggests linking water treatment resource recovery with gas fermentation is attractive for bioplastics and butanol in terms of competitiveness and market demand.
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