WO2008127629B1 - Consortial growth of microorganisms for fuel feedstocks - Google Patents
Consortial growth of microorganisms for fuel feedstocksInfo
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- WO2008127629B1 WO2008127629B1 PCT/US2008/004672 US2008004672W WO2008127629B1 WO 2008127629 B1 WO2008127629 B1 WO 2008127629B1 US 2008004672 W US2008004672 W US 2008004672W WO 2008127629 B1 WO2008127629 B1 WO 2008127629B1
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
- C12M—APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; APPARATUS FOR CULTURING MICROORGANISMS FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS, FOR GROWING CELLS OR FOR OBTAINING FERMENTATION OR METABOLIC PRODUCTS, i.e. BIOREACTORS OR FERMENTERS
- C12M21/00—Bioreactors or fermenters specially adapted for specific uses
- C12M21/04—Bioreactors or fermenters specially adapted for specific uses for producing gas, e.g. biogas
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
- C12M—APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; APPARATUS FOR CULTURING MICROORGANISMS FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS, FOR GROWING CELLS OR FOR OBTAINING FERMENTATION OR METABOLIC PRODUCTS, i.e. BIOREACTORS OR FERMENTERS
- C12M21/00—Bioreactors or fermenters specially adapted for specific uses
- C12M21/02—Photobioreactors
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- Apparatus Associated With Microorganisms And Enzymes (AREA)
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Abstract
Land based biomass production is constrained by the limited amount of material than can be produced per acre because of nutrient, soil and weather conditions. Aquatic species can be grown at far higher densities per unit area with far more consistency. Most bioreactors have focused on the growth of phototropic species. This invention, which relates to the field of fuel feedstock production, discloses a system designed to reproduce the interdependent consortia found in nature where the majority of the biomass is anaerobic and non-phototropic. Through careful control of nutrient inflow, pH, temperature, product and waste removal, the system can be tuned to sustain an ongoing microorganism 'bloom' condition across the full range of resident species. It also allows for the production of directly usable fuel oils and biofilms as well as gas streams that can be converted to commercially useful chemicals using available process technology.
Claims
1. A process for fuel feedstock production, comprising the steps of: providing a biocloumn as an enclosed tank structure, or series of tanks, with various inlets and outlets for an open biological system; introducing a consortium of microorganisms into said biocolumn and said consortium of microorganisms will self-organize into zones and exchanging energy, carbon and nutrients between zones; delivering nutrients, energy sources and carbon sources in a continuous and controlled manner into said biocolumn; reacting the zonated microorganisms with external supplied and self-generated nutrients, energy sources and carbon sources at controlled conditions to achieve desired microorganism growth rate; generating a fuel feedstock consisting of biomass, bioliquids and biogas as products of said consortium of microorganism reactions removing said fuel feedstock in a controlled and continuous manner from said biocolumn; and to maintain and control the desired growth and propagation rate of said consortium allowing continuous operation of said biocolumn.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein said steps of fuel feedstock production are operating within five zones situated in the following order from said top of said biocolumn: an aerobic zone, a microaerophilic zone, an oxidizing zone, a redox zone and a reducing zone.
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3. The process of claim 1 wherein said energy source is geothermal energy, solar thermal energy, thermal energy, electrical energy, photovoltaic energy, photon energy, external waste heat, heat of internal reactions or combinations thereof.
4. The process of claim 3, wherein said photon energy is selected from the group consisting of an external fiber optic source, a natural light, an internal source generated by electrical light and combinations thereof.
5. The process of claim 1, wherein said nutrient is selected from the group consisting of geothermal fluid, slurry of organic waste, slurry of biomass, slurry of coal, hydrocarbons, internal product of said consortium growth, propagation and reaction and combinations thereof.
6. The process of claim 1, wherein said carbon source is selected from the group consisting of atmospheric air, carbon dioxide source, organic waste, coal, hydrocarbons, geothermal fluid, internal product of said consortium growth, propagation and reaction, and combinations thereof.
7. The process of claim 1, further comprising the step of delivering each of said carbon, said nutrient and said energy to said biocolumn through single or multiple inputs at designated depths to said biocolumn.
8. The process of claim 1, further comprising the step of removing said feedstock products through single or multiple outputs at designated depths from said biocolumn.
9. The process of claim 1, further comprising the step of creating a temperature gradient along said biocolumn with a temperature reduced as moving upward said biocolumn by using internal thermal baffles with heat exchangers between zones .
10. The process of claim 1 further comprising the step of sustaining said reducing zone at a temperature between about 6O0C and about 1200C.
11. The process of claim 1, wherein a temperature of said aerobic zone is about 400C.
12. The process of claim 1, wherein said consortium of microorganisms is selected from the group consisting of phototrophs, chemotrophs, autotrophs, heterotrophs, and combinations thereof.
13. A process for fuel feedstock production, said process comprising the steps of: providing a biocloumn as an enclosed tank structure, or series of tanks, with various inlets and outlets for an open biological system; introducing a consortium of microorganisms into said biocolumn and said consortium of microorganisms will self-organize into zones and exchanging energy, carbon and nutrients between zones; delivering nutrients, energy sources and carbon sources in a continuous and controlled manner into said biocolumn; reacting the zonated microorganisms with external supplied and self-generated nutrients, energy sources and carbon sources at controlled conditions to achieve desired microorganism growth rate; generating a fuel feedstock consisting of biomass, bioliquids and biogas as products of said consortium of microorganism reactions; removing said fuel feedstock in a controlled and continuous manner from said biocolumn; and to maintain and control the temperature gradients between 400C and 1200C a pH gradient to achieve the
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14. The process of claim 13, wherein said steps of fuel production are operating within five zones of said biocolumn, situated in the following order from said top: an aerobic zone, a microaerophilic zone, an oxidizing zone, a redox zone and a reducing zone.
15. The process of claim 14, wherein said temperature gradient decreases through said zones to a temperature of about 400C in said aerobic zone.
16. A process for fuel feedstock production, said process comprising the steps of: reacting a consortium of microorganisms with a nutrient, a energy source and a carbon source at controlled conditions; generating a fuel feedstock product of said reaction; removing said fuel feedstock; and maintaining growth and propagation of said consortium allowing continuous operation of said process.
17. A process of claim 16, wherein said steps are operating within five zones: an aerobic zone, a microaerophilic zone, an oxidizing zone, a redox zone and a reducing zone.
18. A process of claim 17, wherein said steps are operating within said zones distributed in separate single-zone tanks interconnected to function as a complete biocolumn.
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| WO2008127629A1 WO2008127629A1 (en) | 2008-10-23 |
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