IndianOil and LanzaTech open a pilot plant to convert carbon dioxide to high-value lipids
Type of post: FLASH NEWS.
- Indian Oil
Corporation Ltd (IOC) has just inaugurated a pilot plant to convert carbon
dioxide to high-value lipids at the firm’s R&D centre (DBT-IOC) in
Faridabad (India). This technology is expected to create a platform that can
produce sustainable food and fuels economically and at commercial scale.
- The pilot facility uses proprietary
technologies owned by IOC and LanzaTech.
It is a 100 litre plant which will capture around 10 kg of carbon dioxide
daily. LanzaTech, using its anaerobic gas fermentation process, will convert
carbon dioxide to acetic acid. IOC, through its aerobic fermentation process, will
transform the acetic acid into lipids (omega-3 fatty acid and other lipids for use
in biofuels applications).
- In the same event, IOC also laid the foundation
stone for a five ton biomethanation plant being constructed at the same R&D
facility.
News: World
Bio Fuel Day: IOC and Lanzatech set-up carbon dioxide to High-Value Lipids
pilot plant (The Economic Times – EnergyWorld, 10/8/2018) and IOC twitter
account.
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Figure 1. The
inauguration took place in the presence of Krishan Pal Gurjar (Minister of
State for Social Justice and Empowerment) and representatives of the companies,
among them, Jennifer Holmgren (Chief Executive Officer of LanzaTech) and Sanjiv
Singh (Chairman of IOC)