Patent ID: 8735139
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: C12M,C12N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for fermentation of algae comprising: a gasifying means for converting a hydrocarbon composition into a syngas of a temperature range between 300° F. and 1500° F., said syngas being comprised of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and impurities; a pre-heating means for heating a biomass stream, said biomass stream being having of a liquid portion, a catalyst, and algal solids ranging between 15-92% by weight of said biomass stream, said biomass stream being pre-heated to a temperature range between 200° F. and 500° F.; a means for injecting said syngas and the pre-heated biomass stream as a mixture into a reactor; a means for separating the mixture into a gas component and a liquid component and an algal crude, said gas component being a lower temperature syngas, the means for separating comprising: collecting means for collecting the lower temperature syngas; a means for cycling said algal crude to the pre-heating means, the algal crude being cooled in order to pre-heat said biomass stream; and a means for collecting the cooled algal crude.