EP4028497A1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zur kontinuierlichen fermentation von synthesegas - Google Patents
Vorrichtung und verfahren zur kontinuierlichen fermentation von synthesegasInfo
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Definitions
- the invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the continuous fermentation of synthesis gas.
- synthesis gas Gas mixtures of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are called synthesis gas because various chemicals can be synthesized from them through well-known chemical routes.
- synthesis gases arise, for example, from the gasification of organic matter, from iron smelting and from the electrolysis of water and carbon dioxide.
- noble metal catalysts In order to realize chemical syntheses with these synthesis gases, the use of noble metal catalysts to accelerate the desired chemical reactions is the usual way. Nevertheless, the reaction usually requires high pressures (well over 10 bar) and temperatures of several hundred degrees Celsius as well as complex systems. Often dangerous organic solvents have to be used.
- the noble metal catalysts are very sensitive to impurities; In particular, compounds containing sulfur, chlorine or cyanide must be completely removed before the first contact with the catalyst.
- a relatively new way of synthesizing chemicals such as acids and alcohols from synthesis gas is through enzymatic catalyzed reactions. Enzymes are expensive and the products to be expected often have low market prices. Living bacteria, which contain the necessary enzymes and multiply themselves in the reaction suspension, offer a way out. These whole-cell catalysts have great application potential in a future sustainable economy based on inferior input materials (e.g. waste biomass). Although the bacterial suspension is inexpensive, some problems remain with the fermentation of synthesis gas. The solubility of the synthesis gas components in the aqueous solution of the bacterial suspension is relatively low, which results in a low space-time yield.
- US Pat. No. 9,834,792 B2 discloses a multi-stage process for converting a C1 carbon source such as synthesis gas into desired end products.
- the method comprises the parallel splitting of the synthesis gas flow over several bioreactor stages, while liquid products are successively fed in from a first reactor stage to the downstream reactor stages.
- the process takes place at essentially atmospheric pressure, the bioreactors being connected to one another by pipes in the bottom area for the transfer of the liquid products. From- The outlet line from the last reactor can be connected to a siphon at the desired level.
- a two-stage fermentation process is known from EP 3470 524 A1, which combines a continuous mode of operation with increased pressure.
- the device used for this purpose not only provides a corresponding pump for supplying the solution, but also a further pump for discharging the solution from each reactor.
- the device known from US Pat. No. 5,593,886 B or US Pat. No. 5,807,722 B for carrying out a continuous fermentation process under increased pressure also provides for further pumps for discharging the product solution from the reactor.
- a first embodiment of the device according to the invention is provided for the continuous fermentation of synthesis gas at a process pressure which is in a range from 1.1 to 200 bar, preferably 2 to 20 bar.
- the device according to the invention has a reactor into which at least two feed devices for starting material and additives open. In its head area the reactor is equipped with a gas outlet bound. The gas outlet is in contact with a gas phase present in the head area and has a pressure regulating device.
- the reactor also has an outlet device for aqueous solution. According to the invention, this outlet device is an outlet line operated without a pump and having a high-pressure valve that can be operated in a time-controlled manner. The outlet device is not operated with a pump.
- a predetermined volume or a predetermined mass of the aqueous solution can be discharged from the reactor in a timed manner.
- Lock here means the opening and, after a predetermined time, closing of the valve at predetermined time intervals.
- a continuous mode of operation is advantageously made possible by the control of the released volume, because the increased process pressure in the gas phase can be maintained within predetermined tolerance limits.
- the feed device for educt and additives is a feed device for nutrient solution, auxiliary solution and synthesis gas. It can also comprise further feed devices for further additives.
- Synthesis gas is understood here to mean any mixtures of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which may also contain carbon dioxide and inert gases such as nitrogen.
- suitable bacteria for fermentation include, but are not limited to, Acetobacterium kivui, A. woodii, Butyribacterium methylotrophicum, Clostridium aceticum, C. acetobutylicum, C. formicoaceticum, C. kluyveri, C. thermoaceticum, C. thermocellum, C. thermohydrosulfuricum , C. thermosaccharolyticum, C. carboxidivorans, C. Ijungdahlii, Eubacterium limosum, C. autoethanogenum and Peptostreptococcus productus.
- the fermentation products that can be produced from synthesis gas include organic acids and their salts as well as alcohols. These products include, but are not limited to, acetic acid, propanoic acid, butyric acid, methanol, ethanol, propanol, n-butanol, hexanol and salts such as. B. acetates, butyrates or hexanoates are limited.
- the reactor can consist, for example, of one or more vessels that surround a continuous stirred tank reactor, immobilized cell reactor, trickle bed reactor, bubble column reactor, gas lift fermenter or other suitable fermentation reactors. grasp.
- the continuous stirred tank reactor can be a preferred reactor of the device according to the invention.
- the opening and closing times of the high pressure valve can be adjustable and configurable as a function of device and operating parameters in such a way that a volume / mass of the aqueous solution emerging from the reactor during the opening time can be set and controlled that the process pressure does not fall below a predetermined threshold pressure, which is from 95 to 99.5% of the process pressure.
- the high-pressure valve can preferably be an electronically controllable or regulatable high-pressure valve, so that the setting of the opening and closing times of the high-pressure valve is automated either by specifying suitable control parameters or by regulating as a function of certain operating parameters.
- the device and operating parameters which determine the volume of the aqueous solution exiting during an opening time of the high pressure valve and are thus used to set the opening and closing time of the high pressure valve, include as device parameters at least the dimensions of the outlet line and as operating parameters at least the process pressure and the Volume or mass flows fed to and removed from the reactor, d. i.e., volumes of the starting materials and additives; according to one embodiment, volumes of the nutrient solution, the auxiliary solution and the synthesis gas, and a volume of the gas flowing out of the gas outlet.
- other device and operating parameters that are relevant for the volume of aqueous solution emerging during an opening time of the high-pressure valve can also be included, such as, for. B. Dimensions of the reactor and the level of the aqueous solution in the reactor.
- the device in a preferred embodiment can have at least one measuring device corresponding to the respective operating parameter, ie for measuring the process pressure, the supply volumes of nutrient solution, auxiliary solution and synthesis gas and the amount of flowing out of the gas outlet Have gas.
- These measuring device (s) are communicatively connected to an electronic measuring and regulating device, ie wirelessly or wired for data transmission, which in turn is connected to the high-pressure valve for controlling or regulating the same, the electronic measuring and control device for acquiring and processing measured values of the measuring devices and for the automated setting of the opening and closing times of the high-pressure valve as a function of the device parameters that are stored in the electronic measuring and control device and of the measured values.
- the opening time of the high pressure valve is also referred to as the clocking time.
- the number of opening processes per unit of time is defined as the clock frequency.
- Both clocking time and clocking frequency can be predetermined based on experimental empirical values with regard to the device and operating parameters or can be determined as a function of an operating parameter, such as e.g. B. the level in the reactor can be adjusted.
- an opening of the outlet line, d. H. the outlet opening from the reactor is arranged in the lower region of the reactor, preferably at the bottom of the reactor or at the lowest point of the reactor.
- solid reaction residues can also be removed from the reactor, which would otherwise settle in a weakly mixed reactor.
- the opening of the outlet conduit, i. H. the outlet opening from the reactor can be arranged in the upper region of the reactor, preferably in the region of an intended fill level or liquid level of the aqueous solution present in the reactor.
- This embodiment has the advantage that the fill level in the reactor cannot drop below the position of the outlet opening.
- foam formation it can be removed from the reactor. In this case, however, there are increased demands on the pressure control of the reactor, since a certain proportion of the gas phase escapes through the outlet line with the foam.
- a plurality of outlet openings that are connected to a common outlet line can also be provided in each case. So z. B. there are several openings at the bottom of the reactor, one of which can be at the lowest point. If the outlet is provided in the upper region of the reactor, there can be several openings on the circumference of the reactor, which are connected to a common outlet line.
- Another embodiment of a device according to the invention can have two outlet devices, ie a first outlet device from a first outlet line with a first high-pressure valve and a second outlet device from one second outlet line with second high pressure valve.
- An opening of the first outlet line can be arranged in the lower area of the reactor, preferably at the bottom of the reactor or its lowest point, and an opening of the second outlet line can be arranged in the upper area of the reactor, preferably in the area of a liquid level of the aqueous liquid present in the reactor Solution be arranged, wherein the first and the second outlet device are selectively operable.
- the openings of the outlet lines as described above, can mean a plurality of outlet openings from the reactor which are connected to the respective outlet line.
- the outlet device can be connected to a separation device for separating a gaseous phase from a liquid phase of the aqueous solution in order to separate a gas phase fraction from the aqueous phase (solution) containing the fermentation products.
- a device for gas flow measurement can be connected to the separation device downstream on a gas phase side and a device for fill level or flow measurement on a liquid phase side.
- the values measured here can also be taken into account in the automated regulation of the device by means of the electronic measuring and regulating device.
- an analysis of the gas composition can optionally be provided on the gas phase side in order to be able to determine the presence of possibly unreacted synthesis gas or undesired gaseous reaction products.
- the feed device for the nutrient solution can have a storage device and an associated high-pressure pump.
- the feed device for the auxiliary solution can also have a storage device and an associated high-pressure pump.
- the supply device for synthesis gas can have a synthesis gas source and, depending on a synthesis gas pressure of the synthesis gas source, a flow regulator or a compressor and a flow regulator.
- the feed devices for the automated control or regulation of the operation can have corresponding flow meters communicatively connected to the measuring and regulating device for the fed quantities (volumes or masses), in the case of the feed devices for nutrient solution and auxiliary solution, a filling level measurement can alternatively also be provided in the respective storage device.
- the level meters are then also communicatively connected to the measuring and regulating device.
- the high pressure pumps and the flow regulator and possibly the compressor can be communicatively connected to the electronic measuring and control device, which is also designed to control the high pressure pumps and the flow regulator for regulating the supply volumes of nutrient solution, auxiliary solution and synthesis gas.
- a method according to the invention for the continuous fermentation of synthesis gas at a process pressure which is in a range from 1.1 to 200 bar, which can be carried out using a device according to the invention, comprises the steps:
- the process pressure of the gas phase in the reactor can preferably be set in the range from 2 to 20 bar.
- the continuous supply of the starting material and the continuous or semi-continuous supply of the additives into the reactor comprises the
- auxiliary solution to adjust a pH value of the aqueous solution in the reactor with the supply device for the auxiliary solution.
- the opening and closing of the high-pressure valve to let the predetermined volume of the aqueous solution out of the reactor and the supply of synthesis gas, nutrient solution and auxiliary solution to the reactor are coordinated so that the process pressure in the gas phase is within specified tolerance limits and a predetermined level the aqueous solution are maintained in the reactor.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a reactor with an outlet device in a first embodiment of a device according to the invention for the continuous fermentation of synthesis gas under pressure
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of the reactor with an outlet device in a second embodiment of a device according to the invention
- FIG 3 shows a schematic view of a device for the continuous fermentation of synthesis gas under pressure according to an embodiment of the invention.
- the present invention relates to a device and a method for the continuous fermentation of synthesis gas at an elevated pressure of 1.1 to 200 bar, preferably from 2 to 20 bar.
- the device allows the process to be carried out continuously, which increases productivity, under increased process pressure, which was previously only possible in batch or semi-batch operation, but which are disadvantageously only stable over a limited period of time. With the help of the higher process pressure, the otherwise very low gas solubility of hydrogen and carbon monoxide in a process solution is increased, which improves the availability of these components for the bacteria.
- FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a device according to the invention as an overall system for the continuous fermentation of synthesis gas at increased process pressure, which apart from a reactor 1 each has a feed device A, B, C opening into the reactor 1.
- the feed devices for nutrient solution, auxiliary solution and synthetic segas are used, but can basically also be used for other additives.
- the reactor 1 also has a gas outlet which communicates with the gas phase G present in the reactor 1, since it is connected to the top of the reactor 1.
- the reactor 1 has a pressure control device 7 and a gas flow meter 8, and has an outlet device leading out of the reactor 1 for the aqueous solution W (also process solution W).
- the outlet device according to the invention which allows continuous operation under increased pressure in a simple manner in terms of apparatus, is formed by an outlet line 2 with a high pressure valve 3 and advantageously has no pump.
- the high pressure valve 3 it is possible to discharge a predetermined volume of the aqueous solution W from the reactor 1 through the outlet line 2 continuously during the opening time of the high pressure valve 3, which volume is dimensioned so that the fill level of the aqueous solution W in the reactor 1 and the Process pressure in the gas phase G are maintained within predetermined tolerance limits, the supplied volumes of synthesis gas, nutrient solution and possibly also auxiliary solution for setting the pH of the aqueous solution W in the reactor 1 being taken into account.
- the outlet device can be arranged in different ways depending on the operational setting.
- the outlet device can be implemented in such a way that an opening of the outlet line 2, i. H. the outlet opening from the reactor 1 can be arranged in the lower region of the reactor 1, there preferably at the bottom of the reactor 1, in particular at the lowest point of the bottom of the reactor 1.
- An outlet at the lower part of the reactor 1 reliably removes any solid reaction residues. These can occur above all in a system that is only weakly stirred or mixed.
- the opening of the outlet line 2, ie the outlet opening from the reactor can be arranged in the upper region of the reactor 1, preferably in the region of a provided or predetermined liquid level of the aqueous solution W present in the reactor 1.
- An outlet at the phase boundary between the aqueous solution W and the gas phase G has the advantage that the phase boundary or the fill level of the reactor 1 cannot reliably fall below the opening of the outlet line 2, even in the event of minor operational disruptions. Furthermore, foam formed is removed from the reactor 1.
- a device according to the invention can also have two outlet devices, i. H. have two Auslassleitun conditions 2 and two high pressure valves 3 according to FIG. 3, the opening of the first outlet line 2 in the lower region of the reactor 1, preferably at the bottom of the reactor 1 or its lowest point, and the opening of the second outlet line 2 is arranged in the upper region of the reactor 1, preferably in the region of the liquid level of the aqueous solution W present in the reactor 1.
- either the first or the second outlet line 2 or the associated high-pressure valve 3 can be operated and thus the position of the outlet opening at the lowest point / bottom of the reactor or at the top of the liquid level or the phase boundary between aqueous solution W and gas phase G can be selected become.
- a suspension with bacteria which are suitable for the fermentation of synthesis gas, is presented as an aqueous solution W up to a certain level, which is monitored by a level meter 9, in the reactor 1.
- the bacteria suspended in solution are continuously fed with a synthesis gas with a feed device C into the reactor 1 and a process pressure in the gas phase G in the range from 1.1 to 200 bar, preferably 2 to 20 bar, is regulated by means of the pressure control device 7, with the gas flow meter 8 being able to detect a gas volume that may possibly be discharged. Both are preferably determined beforehand, based on experimental experience.
- the level in the reactor can be regulated.
- the supply of the synthesis gas from a synthesis gas source 12 of the supply device C takes place by means of a flow regulator 13 and optionally includes - as indicated by the dashed lines in FIG. 3 - a compressor 14. Whether or not a compressor 14 is required depends on the gas pressure present Syngas source from.
- the feed device C preferably opens into the reactor 1 near the bottom and can there be introduced into the aqueous solution W via a gas inlet device that supports gas transfer into the aqueous solution W, such as diffusers, gas frits, for example become. All incoming streams can preferably be passed through sterile filters in order to avoid foreign contamination.
- the aqueous solution W in which the bacteria are suspended, are also continuously or semi-continuously nutrient solution, which is an aqueous solution with essential nutrients such as trace elements and vitamins, via a feed device A and, if necessary, to adjust the pH Value of the aqueous solution W an auxiliary solution, e.g. B. acid / alkaline solution, fed via a feed device B.
- auxiliary solution e.g. B. acid / alkaline solution
- the feed devices A, B each have a storage device 10, 11 for the nutrient solution and the auxiliary solution and each have a high-pressure metering pump 15. Not shown is a variant that has several storage devices 11 for different auxiliary solutions, each of which can be dosed into the reactor 1 by means of a high-pressure pump 15 as required to adjust the pH. Furthermore, the storage containers 10, 11 can be equipped with devices for level measurement. As an alternative or in addition, the feed devices A, B, C can have devices for flow measurement.
- the products of bacterial activity are continuously discharged from the fermentation broth or the aqueous solution W in a clocked manner, so that their concentration does not exceed a predetermined limit value.
- the increased process pressure ensures an improved space-time yield (productivity of the respective reactor compared to using the same reactor for the same process according to an operating mode according to the prior art).
- the volume of substance removed from the reactor is coordinated with the continuous (or semi-continuous) supply of nutrient solution (and possibly auxiliary solution) via the high-pressure metering pumps 15 by means of coupled flow measurement or level measurement.
- a simple design that opens and closes quickly high pressure valve 3 is sufficient for implementation.
- the opening and closing times (cycle interval) required for a respective reactor 1 can be determined experimentally in order to determine the volume per cycle, the discharge of which from the reactor 1 does not result in any significant pressure loss, whereby a constant volume should preferably be discharged with each cycle.
- the opening and closing time of the high-pressure valve 3 is therefore set as a function of device and operating parameters in such a way that the volume of the aqueous solution W emerging from the reactor 1 during the opening time is selected to be sufficiently small that the process pressure does not fall below a predetermined threshold pressure, which is 95 to 99.5% of the process pressure.
- the device and operating parameters primarily include the dimensions of the outlet line as well as the process pressure and the feed volumes of nutrient solution, auxiliary solution and synthesis gas and the volume of gas discharged from the gas outlet 8, but possibly also other parameters such as the dimensions of the reactor 1 and the level of the aqueous solution W in reactor 1.
- the outlet device according to the invention with a high-pressure valve offers the additional advantage of functioning reliably even with very low flow rates, where pumps or control valves often fail. If the cycle time is too short there, stable operation is not achieved, while typical opening times of the high pressure valve can be in the range of milliseconds. The cycle interval of this operation determines the flow rate of the exhaust device.
- a suitable high pressure valve can be, for example, a high pressure metering valve.
- a phase separation of the drained aqueous solution W in a gas-liquid separator 4 Downstream of the high pressure valve 3 there is a phase separation of the drained aqueous solution W in a gas-liquid separator 4, which is followed by recording the volumes of both phases by means of gas flow measurement 5 for the gas phase and level or flow measurement 6 for the aqueous phase (solution), if necessary with corresponding analyzes.
- the aqueous phase contains the desired fermentation products such.
- the gas phase stream if it is z. B. still contains synthesis gas components, are recycled, optionally after a processing step for concentration or purification.
- the gas composition determined can be used as a basis for modifying the operating parameters in order to change the fermentation conditions so that the gas phase does not contain any synthesis gas or undesired gas products.
- the aqueous product solution can also be analyzed accordingly, and if the product composition deviates from a desired product composition, the fermentation conditions can be changed accordingly so that the desired fermentation products are increasingly formed.
- the cycle interval of the high pressure valve 3 can be specified via an electrical measurement, control and regulation system.
- the device in order to record the operating parameters that can be subject to fluctuations in order to set the opening and closing times of the high-pressure valve 3, the device has appropriate measuring and control devices.
- the pressure control device 7 which includes a pressure measurement of the process pressure, gas flow meter 8 and level meter 9 are shown.
- the supply volumes of nutrient solution, auxiliary solution and synthesis gas can be recorded using fill level or flow meters (not shown).
- All measuring devices are communicatively connected to an electronic measuring and regulating device, also not shown, which processes the recorded measured values to regulate the opening and closing times of the high-pressure valve 3.
- the high-pressure pumps 15 and the flow regulator 13 can also be connected to the electronic measuring and regulating device.
- a reactor with a volume of 2.2 l is charged with 3.61 g / h of gas mixture (Hz, CO, C0 2 , N 2 ).
- the flow rate of the solution is 60 g / h.
- the test pressure is 4 bar absolute.
- the opening time of the high pressure valve of the outlet device is 0.15 s. This value was determined experimentally for the system used and under the test pressure of 4 bar. At higher pressures this value will decrease for the existing system. With an opening time of 0.15 s, around 1.7 g of aqueous suspension are removed from the system per cycle in the system used. This amount depends on the gas content of the aqueous suspension, on the cross-sections and the length of the lines used.
- opening and closing times should be determined as part of the first component tests of a new system under process conditions with pure water and adjusted during later operation.
- the cycle interval (sum of opening and closing times) is 100 s.About these settings the amount of the aqueous solution in the reactor is kept constant over long periods of time. If deviations are found in the balance between feed and discharge during operation, the cycle interval can be adjusted, in the example mentioned within the range of 105 s to 95 s, so that the opening time remains constant.
- A, B, C Feed device for nutrient solution, auxiliary solution and synthesis gas
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