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Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E50/00—Technologies for the production of fuel of non-fossil origin
Y02E50/10—Biofuels, e.g. bio-diesel
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A STABLE CONTINUOUS METHOD FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL FROM THE ANAEROBIC BACTERIAL FERMENTATION OF A GASEOUS SUBSTRATE CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE REDUCING GAS INVOLVES CULTURING IN A FERMENTATION BIOREACTOR ANAEROBIC, ACETOGENIC BACTERIA IN A LIQUID NUTRIENT MEDIUM; SUPPLYING THE GASEOUS SUBSTRATE TO THE BIOREACTOR; AND MANIPULATING THE BACTERIA IN THE BIOREACTOR BY REDUCING THE REDOX POTENTIAL, OR INCREASING THE NAD (P) H TO NAD (P) RATIO, IN THE FERMENTATION BROTH AFTER THE BACTERIA ACHIEVES A STEADY STATE AND STABLE CELL CONCENTRATION IN THE BIOREACTOR. THE FREE ACETIC ACID CONCENTRATION IN THE BIOREACTOR IS MAINTAINED AT LESS THAN 5 G/L FREE ACID. THIS METHOD ALLOWS ETHANOL TO BE PRODUCED IN THE FERMENTATION BROTH IN THE BIOREACTOR AT A PRODUCTIVITY GREATER THAN 10G/L PER DAY. BOTH ETHANOL AND ACETATE ARE PRODUCED IN A RATIO OF ETHANOL TO ACETATE RANGING FROM 1: 1 TO 20: 1. (FIGURE 1)
MYPI20013724A2001-08-082001-08-08Methods for increasing the production of ethanol from microbial fermentation
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Improvement of biohydrogen production and treatment efficiency on palm oil mill effluent with nutrient supplementation at thermophilic condition using an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor