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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2008
Shih-perng Tsai, Naperville, IL (US);
Rathin Datta, Chicago, IL (US);
Rahul Basu, Naperville, IL (US);
Seong-hoon Yoon, Naperville, IL (US);
Shih-Perng Tsai, Naperville, IL (US);
Rathin Datta, Chicago, IL (US);
Rahul Basu, Naperville, IL (US);
Seong-Hoon Yoon, Naperville, IL (US);
Coskata, Inc., Warrenville, IL (US);
Abstract
A membrane supported bioreactor arrangement and method for anaerobic conversion of gas into liquid products including membrane modules having hollow fibers packed across a cross sectional area of the membrane module, each of the hollow fibers formed from an asymmetric membrane wall having a porous outer layer defining biopores for retaining a porous biolayer about the outer surface of the membrane wall and a less permeable hydration layer around the hollow fiber lumen; a membrane vessel for surrounding the outside of the hollow fibers with a process gas from a gas supply conduit; and a liquid supply conduit operably connected to the hollow fibers for supplying a process liquid to the hollow fiber lumens. The gas supply conduit enables the formation of a biolayer on the outer surface of the hollow fiber wall by interaction of microorganisms with the process gas and the production of a liquid product.