Invention Application
- Patent Title: FERMENTATION METHOD
- Patent Title (中): 发酵方法
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Application No.: US13330568Application Date: 2011-12-19
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Publication No.: US20120156739A1Publication Date: 2012-06-21
- Inventor: Michael A. Schultz
- Applicant: Michael A. Schultz
- Applicant Address: NZ Auckland
- Assignee: LANZATECH NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
- Current Assignee: LANZATECH NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: NZ Auckland
- Main IPC: C12P7/54
- IPC: C12P7/54 ; C12P7/08 ; C12P7/18

Abstract:
This invention relates to the integration of an ammonia production process with a fermentation process to produce products such as alcohols and/or acids in addition to ammonia. In a specific embodiment, a natural gas stream comprising methane is passed to a reforming zone to produce a substrate comprising CO and H2. The substrate is next passed to a bioreactor containing a culture of one or more microorganisms and fermenting the culture to produce one or more fermentation products comprising alcohols and/or acids and an exhaust stream comprising CO2, and H2. The exhaust stream can then be passed to a separation zone to remove at least a portion of the CO2 and produce a purified exhaust stream comprising H2 which is then passed to an ammonia production zone and is used to produce ammonia.
Public/Granted literature
- US08663949B2 Fermentation method Public/Granted day:2014-03-04
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