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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Sean Dennis Simpson, Auckland, NZ;
Richard Llewellyn Sydney Forster, Auckland, NZ;
Simon David Oakley, Auckland, NZ;
Michael Charles Milner Cockrem, Roselle, IL (US);
Michael Koepke, Auckland, NZ;
Sean Dennis Simpson, Auckland, NZ;
Richard Llewellyn Sydney Forster, Auckland, NZ;
Simon David Oakley, Auckland, NZ;
Michael Charles Milner Cockrem, Roselle, IL (US);
Michael Koepke, Auckland, NZ;
LanzaTech New Zealand Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
The invention relates to processes for converting CO by microbial fermentation to one or more products including alcohols and/or acids and optionally capturing COto improve overall carbon capture. More particularly the invention relates to a method for producing one or more products from a CO comprising substrate, the method comprising a natural gas reforming step for producing a syngas stream, and converting at least a portion of CO from the syngas stream to one or more products including ethanol.