Carbon capture in fermentation
AssigneeLanzatech New Zealand Limited
InventorSimon David Oakley
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Abstract
The present invention relates to improvement in efficiency in gasification for use with syngas fermentation. In particular, the invention relates to increasing the overall carbon capture efficiency of a gasification/fermentation process to produce products such as alcohols.
Claims13
A method of increasing carbon capture in a fermentation process, the method comprising gasifying a feedstock in a gasifier to produce a syngas stream and contacting at least a portion of the syngas stream with at least one microorganism in a bioreactor at fermentation conditions to produce at least one product, wherein at least a portion of an exit stream comprising carbon dioxide that exits the bioreactor is passed into the gasifier.
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