Patent ID: 9278327
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: B01J,B09B,C01B,C07C,C10B,C10G,C10L,C12M,C12P,Y02E,Y02P,Y02W

Claim Text:
1. A method to produce a renewable fuel or a carbon byproduct, or both, from a waste source, the method comprising: obtaining an organic feedstock derived from a waste produced by at least one of an industrial or agricultural process; heating the organic feedstock waste with a low temperature heat recovered from a waste heat source; compacting the low temperature-heated organic feedstock waste; removing moisture from the compacted and low temperature-heated organic feedstock waste to produce substantially dried organic feedstock; dissociating the substantially dried organic feedstock by an anaerobic reaction to produce waste constituents including hydrogen and at least one of carbon donors or nitrogen donors, wherein the dissociating includes using microbes in the anaerobic reaction to dissociate the substantially dried organic feedstock and using an electrolyzer system to provide pressurized hydrogen to the anaerobic reaction and remove acidic constituent by-products; and reacting the hydrogen with at least one of the carbon donors or nitrogen donors to generate the renewable fuel or the carbon byproduct, or both.