Patent ID: 11859164
Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A method for making a bio-based product, the method comprising:
introducing H2 gas into a gas reactor chamber of a bioreactor in fluid communication with a first side of a biomaterial reactor chamber containing biomaterial to form a gas phase;
introducing medium containing O2 into the bioreactor on a second opposite side of the biomaterial reactor chamber to form a medium phase, the biomaterial reactor chamber comprising a membrane that provides a seal between the gas phase and medium phase;
introducing CO2 into the bioreactor on the first side, the second side, or both, wherein the biomaterial produces the bio-based product from the H2, the CO2, and the O2;
outletting the bio-based product from the bioreactor; and removing the H2 gas from the gas reactor chamber through a gas outlet manifold and a gas outlet,
wherein gas and medium reactor chambers are on each side of bioreactor chamber so that gas may be supplied on one side of the biomaterial reactor through a gas inlet, the gas passing across biomaterial and exiting the bioreactor at an opposite end through a gas outlet, and medium may be supplied to the bioreactor from a side adjacent to the gas inlet, the medium supplied through a medium inlet passing across the biomaterial and exiting the bioreactor at an opposite end through a medium outlet.