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US 2021/0171990 A1Published application
Energy production with hyperthermophilic organisms
AssigneeHyperthermics AS
InventorsJan Remmereit, Michael Thomm
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of degradation with hyperthermophilic organisms, and in particular to the use of hyperthermophilic degradation to produce heat and energy rich components including hydrogen and ethanol from a biomass. In some embodiments, a biomass is fermented in the presence of hyperthermophilic organisms to produce heat. The heat is used to heat a liquid which is used directly in a heat pump or radiant heat or to produce electricity or drive a steam turbine. In some embodiments, acetate is utilized as a substrate to produce energy by methanogenesis.
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A process comprising:
- a) providing
- i) organic matter, and
- ii) a population of at least one genus of a hyperthermophilic organism;
- b) degrading said organic matter by fermentation or by an-aerobic or aerobic respiration in the presence of said population of at least one genus of a hyperthermophilic organism to produce hydrogen and a liquid fermentation broth comprising acetate, and
- c) introducing said liquid fermentation broth from step b) into a methane bioreactor to produce biogas in a second fermentation process.
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