BIOFUELS: USE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TO MEET ENERGY CHALLENGES

Authors

  • S. S. Tanawade Lecturer, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Appasaheb Birnale College of Pharmacy, Sangli.
  • B. A. Bapat PG Student, Dept. of pharmaceutical Chemistry, Appasaheb Birnale College of Pharmacy, Sangli
  • N. S. Naikwade Vice-Principal, HOD, Dept. of Pharmacology, Appasaheb Birnale College of Pharmacy, Sangli.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbr.v2i1.77

Keywords:

Biofuels, Energy Challenge

Abstract

Biofuels offer exciting possibilities for reducing the use of conventional energy resources which are limited and cause immense pollution. Fermentative production of Ethanol and Bio-hydrogen production are the key techniques to obtain biofuels that can satisfy greater portion of energy demand and both are clean, renewable sources of energy. Bio-hydrogen production serves as a tool for production of Hydrogen, (which is ultimate fuel and energy carrier) by the use of micro-organisms. Some photosynthetic bacteria such as Rhodopseudomonas polustris generate hydrogen using nitrogenase or hydrogenase enzymes as catalylists, while green algae and cynobacteria use water-splitting photosynthetic processes to generate molecular hydrogen. The limitations like lower efficiency, oxygen sensitivity and ambiguous mechanism of hydrogen formation can be overcome by the use of Biotechnology for designing micro-organisms optimized for hydrogen production. This review comprises of points on the basis of which required goals of hydrogen production can be achieved by the use of Biotechnology.

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Published

2011-02-01

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011): Jan

Section

Review Article

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BIOFUELS: USE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TO MEET ENERGY CHALLENGES. Int Jour of Biomed Res [Internet]. 2011 Feb. 1 [cited 2024 Oct. 19];2(1):25-31. Available from: https://ssjournals.co.in/index.php/ijbr/article/view/636