Patent SG-11201406728S-A (SG)
Title: Method and apparatus for carbon dioxide capture and energy recovery enhancement
Inventor: Wang zhen yu
IPC: C12P5/00
Filed: 2013-04-18
Abstract: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 24 October 2013 (24.10.2013) WIPOIPCT (10) International Publication Number WO 2013/158042 A1 (51) International Patent Classification: C02F1/68 (2006.01) C02F11/00 (2006.01) C02F 9/00 (2006.01) C02F11/04 (2006.01) C02F 9/14 (2006.01) C12P 5/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: (22) International Filing Date: (25) Filing Language: (26) Publication Language: PCT/SG2013/000153 18 April 2013 (18.04.2013) English (30) Priority Data: 61/625,979 18 April 2012 (18.04.2012) English US (71) Applicant: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVER­ SITY [SG/SG]; 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 (SG). (72) Inventors: WANG, Zhen Yu; c/o Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 (SG). ZHOU, Yan; c/o Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 (SG). HUANG, Wen Hai; c/o Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 (SG). NG, Wun Jern; c/o Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 (SG). (74) Agent: ONG, Kheng Lu, Lucille Frances; Marks & Clerk Singapore LLP, Tanjong Pagar, PO Box 636, Singapore 910816 (SG). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available)'. AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available)'. ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND ENERGY RECOVERY ENHANCEMENT CJ o 00 T-H rn T-H o CJ 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 fM 0.5 O u a 0.4 X u 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 W gas recycling '• \"« Bl *4 »?& 4 A A . ' a • •• r 0.3 0.25 0.2 <i> 0.15 • 0.1 0.05 28/11/2011 3/12/2011 8/12/2011 13/12/201118/12/201123/12/20112S/12/2011 • CH4 BC02 AH2 (57) Abstract: There disclosed an acidogenic reactor is system for use in a wastewater treatment plant, said system comprising an in­ hibitor, wherein the inhibitor is one or more volatile fatty acids and/or H 2 capable of regulating a microbial population, said reactor being involved in a method that provides greater capture of carbon as methane and/or volatile fatty acids.