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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hirotaka Shiba, Osaka, JP;
Chieko Tada, Hyogo, JP;
Takeshi Saeki, Hyogo, JP;
Nobuya Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Suntory Limited, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12S 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12S 5/00 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for decomposing and eliminating ethanol in an exhaust gas by bringing the ethanol in the exhaust gas into contact with an ethanol-utilizing microorganism held in a filter bed are provided. A microorganism selected from the genus Candida, the genus Pichia and/or the genus Hansenula is used as the ethanol-utilizing microorganism, whereby a method and an apparatus having a high removal efficiency of ethanol in the exhaust gas, and being capable of long-term, stable decomposition and elimination of ethanol under high concentration, high load capacity, can be provided.