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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2010
Simon Richard Trevethick, Auckland, NZ;
Jason Carl Bromley, Auckland, NZ;
Sean Dennis Simpson, Auckland, NZ;
Vinod Khosla, Auckland, NZ;
Simon Richard Trevethick, Auckland, NZ;
Jason Carl Bromley, Auckland, NZ;
Sean Dennis Simpson, Auckland, NZ;
Vinod Khosla, Auckland, NZ;
Lanza Tech New Zealand Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
The invention relates to the microbial fermentation of gaseous substrates, particularly to gas/liquid contact modules and bioreactors configured to improve the efficiency of fermentations, particularly microbial fermentations of substrates comprising CO. In a particular embodiment, a gas/liquid contact module with multiple channels is configured to produce products in a liquid fermentation broth. In a further particular embodiment, there is provided a method of fermentation of a gaseous substrate to produce a product in a liquid fermentation broth.