Department of Biotechnology and Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Can you provide me the details of the Biotechnology and Bio-Energy Research under R&D Centre of Indian Oil Corporation Limited?

The details of the Biotechnology and Bio-Energy Research under R&D Centre of Indian Oil Corporation Limited are as follows:

Biotechnology and Bio-Energy

Research
IndianOil R&D is focusing on the following current areas of research:

• Bioremediation of hydrocarbon waste from various sources such as oily sludge from crude oil and product storage tanks, oil spills, oil contaminated soil, highly aromatic waste, used lubricating oil & greases and spent metal working fluids

• Refinery ETP efficiency improvement through biotechnological interventions

• Monitoring and mitigation of microbiologically influenced corrosion in oil industry assets using abidance microbiology and molecular biology tools

• Degradation studies on waste plastics

• Studies on enzyme mediated carbon dioxide capture

• Electrobiocatalytic conversion of CO2 in to fuels

• Microalgae assisted CO2 capture and lipid production

Biotechnology Research:

Technology Basket

1. OiliVorous-S Technology: for disposal of a variety of hydrocarbon waste

2. Bio-Inoculant Technology: for improving efficiency of refinery ETP through removal of multiple contaminants

3. Bio-treatment of Spent Cutting Fluids: A technology for environmentally safe disposal of spent cutting fluids

Biotechnology and Bio-Energy Research Indian Oil Corporation Limited

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