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Berberoglu, Halil
Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering
E-mail Website Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Mechanical Engineering
204 E. Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78705
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Research Summary:
In my laboratory, we are interested in harnessing the power of sun through biological and artificial bio-mimetic routes for producing clean and renewable fuels.
Currently we are studying algal and cyanobacterial systems for carbon neutral biodiesel and bio-hydrogen production. In particular we are interested in modeling and optimizing the growth and product formation kinetics in response to process parameters such as total and spectral irradiance, temperature, pH and various nutrient concentrations. In order to facilitate this task we are developing micro-fluidic based photobioreactors and non-invasive measurement techniques that will enable high throughput experiments to be conducted.
Also, we are developing artificial photosynthetic systems that will use solar energy for efficient and cost effective conversion of CO2 directly into useable fuels and other value added products. This task involves using synthetic systems such as dye sensitized photo-electrochemical cells for efficient photo-electron generation and coupling of these electrons to enzyme and/or synthetic catalyst systems for hydrocarbon fuel production.
Publications:| 2008 | Berberoglu H., Barra N., Jay J., Pilon L., Growth, CO2 consumption H2 production of Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413-U under different irradiances and CO2 concentrations, Journal of Applied Microbiology 104:105-121. | | 2008 | Berberoglu H., Pilon L., Jay J., Effect of nutrient media on photobiological hydrogen production of Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 33:1172-1184. | | 2008 | Berberoglu H., Pilon L., Melis A., Radiation characteristics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and its truncated chlorophyll antenna transformants , International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 33:6467-6483. | | 2007 | Berberoglu H., Pilon L., Experimental measurements of the radiation characteristics of Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413-U and Rhodobacter sphaeroides ATCC 49419, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 32:4772-4785. |
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