第382回化学システム工学専攻公開セミナー PSE tools and methodologies for a carbon efficient food industry: Lessons from New Zealand
- 日時
- 2023年1月16日（月）14:30-15:30
- 場所
- Zoomにて開催
https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/84344413976?pwd=TnA1dmtOWkdIeFFzZVB0S2JmaFVF UT09
| 講演題目 | PSE tools and methodologies for a carbon efficient food industry: Lessons from New Zealand |
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| 講演者 | Dr. Isuru Udugama Senior Lecturer, University of Waikato |
| 概要 | The Food industry in New Zealand faces two main challenges. Firstly, the government of New Zealand has set an ambitious goal of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This means conventional food processing plants (dairy, meat, fruit etc..) that currently operate using natural gas (and until recently coal) must be retrofitted to run on “non-carbon” sources. Secondly, the New Zealand industry has identified that environmental concerns, climate change and changes in societal perceptions mean the current method of global agriculture and food is ripe for disruption. This seminar will provide the following specific examples related to the decarbonisation of current food industries. A cream cheese production process will be used to illustrate the need to “re-think” traditional plant operations concepts to account for added constraints and changes in priorities that can be brought on by decarbonisation. A multi-layered modelling concept is presented as a solution to manage the complex and multi-faceted decisions that involve the simultaneous consideration of shifting consumer behaviour, circular production goals, food safety and sensory quality demands. This seminar will provide the following specific examples related to the development of future food industries. A LCA study will be presented on New Zealand’s main export which is powdered milk and the supposedly more carbon-friendly “precision fermented milk”. This will be followed by the discussion of a multi-scaled modelling concept to model, understand and scale up highly-complex precision fermentation processes that are central to creating key proteins that are found in milk at competitive prices at scale. |
| 世話人 | 杉山 弘和（内線27227） |