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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2010
Justin C. Biffinger, Woodbridge, VA (US);
Lisa A. Fitzgerald, Alexandria, VA (US);
Cherie Ziemer, Ames, IA (US);
Kurt Henry, Arlington, VA (US);
Bradley R Ringeisen, Lorton, VA (US);
Justin C. Biffinger, Woodbridge, VA (US);
Lisa A. Fitzgerald, Alexandria, VA (US);
Cherie Ziemer, Ames, IA (US);
Kurt Henry, Arlington, VA (US);
Bradley R Ringeisen, Lorton, VA (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method of: providing a mixture of fecal waste and a bacterium; incubating the mixture to produce a fatty acid enriched mixture; removing water from the fatty acid enriched mixture to produce a dried mixture; and pyrolyzing the dried mixture in an inert atmosphere to produce an alkane from the C-Cfatty acid. The bacterium is a type that produces a C-Cfatty acid in the presence of any microbes in the fecal waste.