Invention Grant
US08685686B2 Biofuels processes integrating photobioreactors with anaerobic digestion
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生物燃料将光生物反应器与厌氧消化相结合
- Patent Title: Biofuels processes integrating photobioreactors with anaerobic digestion
- Patent Title (中): 生物燃料将光生物反应器与厌氧消化相结合
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Application No.: US12338360Application Date: 2008-12-18
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Publication No.: US08685686B2Publication Date: 2014-04-01
- Inventor: Dennis J. O'Rear
- Applicant: Dennis J. O'Rear
- Applicant Address: US CA San Ramon
- Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Current Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Ramon
- Main IPC: C12P5/02
- IPC: C12P5/02

Abstract:
In the present invention, integrated processes for producing a biofuel are disclosed. Specifically, processes integrating photobioreactors with anaerobic digestion are disclosed. Anaerobic digestion can convert biomass into a biofuel. However, anaerobic digestion also produces carbon dioxide (CO2). Because it is a greenhouse gas, the production of carbon dioxide is not desirable. Algae can be grown in a photobioreactor as long as light, carbon dioxide, and water are provided. In the present invention, the anaerobic digestion process is integrated with the photobioreactor process thereby providing a useful solution for the carbon dioxide that is generated and providing a source of carbon dioxide for the photobioreactor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100159554A1 BIOFUELS PROCESSES INTEGRATING PHOTOBIOREACTORS WITH ANAEROBIC DIGESTION Public/Granted day:2010-06-24
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