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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Jonathan Texier, Nieul le Virouil, FR;
Pierre Castelli, Saint-Nazaire les Ezymes, FR;
Anne Roubaud, Chabons, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to methods for converting algal biomass into a gas or into biocrude comprising (a) gasification or hydrothermal liquefaction of an algal biomass in at least one first reactor, (b) separation of the gas or biocrude produced thereby from the aqueous effluents and the COproduced, at the outlet of the first reactor, (c) recovery of the aqueous effluents, and (d) oxidation of the aqueous effluents in at least one second reactor. Continuous processes for culture of algal biomass and conversion of the algal biomass cultivated into a gas or into a biocrude are also disclosed.