天然气化工

① 有机废弃物资源化（生物发酵蛋白饲料方向）
② 有机废弃物能源化（生物天然气工程方向）
③ 有机废弃物肥料化（生物有机肥料方向）
近年主要工作方向为有机废弃物饲料化、肥料化、能源化。主要研究成果如下：
（1）：开发了以秸秆、酒糟等废弃物为原料的固态发酵蛋白饲料新设备，新工艺。
（2）：开发了厌氧消化氨抑制解除的生物强化剂，研究了“氨抑制稳定态”下生物强化作用机理。
（3）：基于机器学习等手段开发了适用于厌氧消化的功能性生物炭，并揭示其辅助机理。
（4）：开发了基于“生物电化学”的新型固定床厌氧生物反应器，并应用于有机废水处理。

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1.蔡亚凡、沈才洪、何云、刘淼、王石垒、杨平、王志、李晓勇、应汉杰。“磁-碱”联合改性生物炭的制备方法及其在酱香型白酒废水处理中的应用。发明专利申请号：申请日期：2023年12月04日。
2.蔡亚凡、沈才洪、何云、许涛、王志、李姝、王石垒、刘光钱、于佳动、李晓勇、庄伟、应汉杰。提升白酒废水厌氧消化能力的生物强化剂及其合成方法和应用。发明专利申请号：CN202410678752.7。
3.蔡亚凡、沈才洪、李晓勇、王松涛、王志、敖宗华、王石垒、宋川、何云、庄伟、应汉杰。适用于辅助酱香型白酒废水厌氧消化的“炭-菌”耦合物及其合成方法和应用。发明专利申请号：CN202410511523.6。

·2023.01-2025.12；国家自然科学基金（青年基金），基于“氨抑制稳定态”的互营复合菌系生物强化及氨抑制解除机理解析，30万，主持；
·2023.08-2024.07；博士后基金面上项目，基于DIET途径强化的厌氧反应器开发及其在酱香型白酒废水处理中的应用，8万，主持。
·2023.10-2024.09；河南省科技攻关项目，“炭-菌”耦合定向调控氨抑制发酵性能技术开发，主持。
·2023.01-2023.12；重点实验室开放课题，基于同步脱氮的白酒废水处理工艺开发，主持；
·2021.09-2023.08；郑州大学启动基金，基于生物炭辅助的氨抑制稳定态下微生物的物质代谢机理，30万，主持；
·2023.01-2024.12；横向课题，DIET途径辅助的酱香型白酒废水处理工艺开发，30万，主持
·2023.01-2024.12；横向课题，菌酶协同发酵酒糟生产饲料蛋白技术开发，50万，主持。
·2019.09-2021.03；中德学术交流中心博士后项目（CSC-DAAD），富氮底物厌氧消化高效调控策略及机理解 析，4.05万欧元，主持；

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