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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Hyperthermics As, Ørsta, NO;
Inventors:
Jan Remmereit, Volda, NO;
Michael Thomm, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
HYPERTHERMICS AS, Ørsta, NO;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/54 (2006.01); C02F 3/34 (2023.01); C02F 11/04 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/02 (2006.01); C12M 1/107 (2006.01); C12P 3/00 (2006.01); C12P 5/02 (2006.01); C12P 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/54 (2013.01); C02F 3/34 (2013.01); C12M 21/02 (2013.01); C12M 21/04 (2013.01); C12M 23/58 (2013.01); C12M 41/18 (2013.01); C12P 3/00 (2013.01); C12P 5/023 (2013.01); C12P 7/10 (2013.01); C02F 11/04 (2013.01); C02F 2301/106 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01); Y02E 50/30 (2013.01); Y02P 20/129 (2015.11); Y02W 10/33 (2015.05); Y02W 10/37 (2015.05);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of degradation with hyperthermophilic organisms, and in particular to the use of hyperthermophilic degradation to produce heat and energy rich components including hydrogen and ethanol from a biomass. In some embodiments, a biomass is fermented in the presence of hyperthermophilic organisms to produce heat. The heat is used to heat a liquid which is used directly in a heat pump or radiant heat or to produce electricity or drive a steam turbine. In some embodiments, acetate is utilized as a substrate to produce energy by methanogenesis.