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US 9,840,722 B2Granted
Method for producing hydrocarbides
AssigneeBio-Think
InventorsJean-Yves Dupre, Oswaldo Yaguez Rodriguez
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Abstract
A method for producing hydrocarbons, includes at least the following steps: a) anaerobic fermentation of a fermentable raw material in order to produce volatile fatty acids, b) elongation of the volatile fatty acids produced in step a) by fermentation with at least one bacterium of the Megasphaera genus, extraction of the fatty acids produced from the fermentation broth, and c) production of hydrocarbons by subjecting the fatty acids produced in step b) to a Kolbe electrolysis.
Claims21
A process for producing hydrocarbons, comprising at least the implementation of the following stages:
- a) conducting anaerobic fermentation of a fermentable raw material for obtaining volatile fatty acids,
- b) elongating the volatile fatty acids obtained in stage a) by carrying out fermentation of the volatile fatty acids with one or more bacteria of Megasphaera elsdenii at a redox potential between −500 and −600 mV, obtaining a fermentation broth, and extracting fatty acids obtained from the fermentation broth, and
- c) obtaining hydrocarbons by subjecting the fatty acids obtained in stage b) to Kolbe electrolysis.
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