Enzymatically-boosted ionic liquid gas separation membranes using carbonic anhydrase of biomass origin

András Bednár, Nándor Nemestóthy, Péter Bakonyi, László Fülöp, Guangyin Zhen, Xueqin Lu, Takuro Kobayashi, Gopalakrishnan Kumar, Kaiqin Xu, Katalin Bélafi-Bakó

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Abstract

Nowadays there is a huge demand for new and sustainable technologies aiming the reduction of the greenhouse gas, in particular carbon dioxide emission. In this work, enzymatically-boosted supported ionic liquid membrane (EB-SILM) was developed to permeate carbon dioxide with improved efficiency. Firstly, the selected biocatalyst, carbonic anhydrase (CA) was prepared and purified from spinach, a cheap plant biomass containing the enzyme of our interest. Afterwards, the CA enzyme preparation was used for SILM fabrication in order to test the properties towards enhanced carbon dioxide permeation over CH4, H2 and N2. The results indicate basically that EB-SILMs possess an increased ability to permeate CO2 in comparison with enzymeless controls and therefore, may be viewed as a promising approach e.g. towards enhanced CO2-capture bioprocesses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)621-626
Number of pages6
JournalChemical Engineering Journal
Volume303
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016 Nov 1

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The support by the Slovakian-Hungarian cooperation 2013-0008 is appreciated. The postdoctoral fellowship by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science ( JSPS ) (ID No. P14209 ; ID No. PU 14016 ) and the China Scholarship Council (CSC, File No. 201306890003 ) are acknowledged. Péter Bakonyi thanks the financial support by National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary) under grant number PD 115640 .

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier B.V.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Chemistry(all)
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering(all)
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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