Patent ID: 11905503
Assignee: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  Y | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A method of generating energy and storing the energy for subsequent use, comprising the steps of:
providing an electromethanogenesis reactor,
providing an anode electrode conductor in said reactor,
providing a cathode electrode conductor in said reactor wherein said cathode electrode conductor is a 3D printed cathode electrode conductor with cubic lattices having ten orthogonal layers of parallel cylindrical rods,
providing submicron to micron scale pores in said cathode electrode conductor,
providing electromethanogenesis enzymes in said submicron to micron scale pores in said cathode electrode conductor,
providing electromethanogenesis microbes in said submicron to micron scale pores in said cathode electrode conductor,
providing a carbon dioxide source for introducing carbon dioxide into said reactor,
providing an electrical load connected to said anode electrode conductor and said cathode electrode conductor and producing electromethanogenesis of said carbon dioxide into a fuel gas, and
storing said fuel gas for subsequent use.