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Integrated bioprocessing for fuel production

US8962701B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY · US

Inventors

Paul D. Oldenburg · Easton, US
Michel Daage · Baton Rouge, US
Virginia M. Roberts · Summit, US
Paul J. Berlowitz · Lawrence, US
David C. Long · Ashburn, US
James R. Bielenberg · Easton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 14, 2011
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P20/582
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for enhancing the integration of processes for recovering products from algae-derived biomass. The enhanced process integration allows for increased use of input streams and other reagents that are derived from renewable sources. This increases the overall renewable character of the products extracted from the algae-derived biomass. The process integration can include exchange of input streams or energy between an algae processing system and a system for processing non-algal biomass. One example of improving process integration is using oxygenates that are generated in a renewable manner as a reagent for enhancing the algae processing system.

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