Dr. Nirakar Pradhan has been awarded a grant from the Hong Kong SAR Government's Environment and Conservation Fund for a research project titled "Unlocking the protein degradation potential during anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and livestock manure: Insights from microbial communities". The research aims to characterize microbial communities in full-scale digesters and batch disturbance studies, examine the rate and kinetics of protein degradation, and understand the impact of protein degradation on the quality of biogas and digestate. The study will be conducted in three stages over 18 months, using over 3,600 tons of food waste and livestock manure generated daily as raw materials. The operating conditions will be designed to mimic large-scale biogas plants in Hong Kong.
浸大生物系助理教授Dr Nirakar PRADHAN，獲得了香港特別行政區政府環境及自然保育基金資助一項名為“Unlocking the protein degradation potential during anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and livestock manure: Insights from microbial communities”的研究專案。該研究旨在表徵在全尺度消化罐和批量擾動研究中的微生物群落，檢驗蛋白質降解的速率和動力學，並瞭解蛋白質降解對沼氣和消化物質的品質的影響。該研究將在18個月內分三個階段進行，利用每天產生超過3600噸的食物廢料和牲畜糞便作為原料。操作條件將被設計成模仿香港大型沼氣廠。
