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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2008
Hans Friedmann, Scheyern-Fernhag, DE;
An-ping Zeng, Braunschweig, DE;
Hans Friedmann, Scheyern-Fernhag, DE;
An-Ping Zeng, Braunschweig, DE;
Agraferm Technologies AG, Pfaffenhofen/Ilm, DE;
Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, DE;
TuTech Innovation GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The process according to the invention for the microbial production of a specific product and methane comprises the following steps: a) the production in a bioreactor () of a specific product from a specific substrate using a specific organism, the producer, wherein during the production of this product metabolites such as e.g. low-molecular alcohols, aldehydes and acids, hydrogen and CO, which may inhibit the production of the product, are obtained; and b) the production of methane by means of a methanogen, wherein in the production of the methane at least one metabolite is decomposed and by this means removed from the bioreactor () and its energy is made usable.