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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, BE;
Inventors:
Korneel Rabaey, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, BE;
Christian Stevens, Merelbeke, BE;
Assignee:
UNIVERSITEIT GENT, Ghent, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 61/44 (2006.01); B01D 61/42 (2006.01); C02F 3/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/469 (2006.01); C02F 101/16 (2006.01); C02F 1/20 (2006.01); C02F 101/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 61/44 (2013.01); B01D 61/422 (2013.01); C02F 1/469 (2013.01); C02F 3/005 (2013.01); B01D 2311/06 (2013.01); B01D 2311/18 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2603 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2626 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2661 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2669 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2688 (2013.01); C02F 1/20 (2013.01); C02F 2101/101 (2013.01); C02F 2101/105 (2013.01); C02F 2101/16 (2013.01); C02F 2201/4618 (2013.01); C02F 2201/46115 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to efficient methods of controlling biological conversions while simultaneously removing and converting some of the generated products. More specifically, and, for example, the disclosure discloses electrochemical processes to remove and capture potentially toxic ammonium during anaerobic digestions and to remove and capture carboxylic acids during bioethanol production. The disclosure can, thus, be used to enhance bioproduction processes via controlling pH and/or reduction/oxidation, in combination with in situ product recovery.