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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2009
Alex S. Beliaev, Richland, WA (US);
Grigoriy E. Pinchuk, Richland, WA (US);
Eric A. Hill, Kennewick, WA (US);
Jim K. Fredrickson, Kennewick, WA (US);
Alex S. Beliaev, Richland, WA (US);
Grigoriy E. Pinchuk, Richland, WA (US);
Eric A. Hill, Kennewick, WA (US);
Jim K. Fredrickson, Kennewick, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
A method, device and system for producing preselected products, (either finished products or preselected intermediary products) from biobased precursors or COand/or bicarbonate. The principal features of the present invention include a method wherein a binary culture is incubated with a biobased precursor in a closed system to transform at least a portion of the biobased precursor to a preselected product. The present invention provides a method of cultivation that does not need sparging of a closed bioreactor to remove or add a gaseous byproduct or nutrient from a liquid medium. This improvement leads to significant savings in energy consumption and allows for the design of photobioreactors of any desired shape. The present invention also allows for the use of a variety of types of waste materials to be used as the organic starting material.