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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 06, 2005
Roland P. Debruyn, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
James B. Dodson, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Robert S. Pfeiffer, Parker, CO (US);
Eric L. Szaloczi, Denver, CO (US);
Glenn A. Ulrich, Golden, CO (US);
Jeffrey L. Weber, Denver, CO (US);
Roland P. DeBruyn, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
James B. Dodson, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Robert S. Pfeiffer, Parker, CO (US);
Eric L. Szaloczi, Denver, CO (US);
Glenn A. Ulrich, Golden, CO (US);
Jeffrey L. Weber, Denver, CO (US);
Luca Technologies, Inc., Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are strategies for the economical microbial generation of hydrogen, useful as an alternative energy source, from hydrocarbon-rich deposits such as coal, oil and/or gas formations, oil shale, bitumen, tar sands, carbonaceous shale, peat deposits and sediments rich in organic matter through the management of the metabolism of microbial consortia.