Microorganism mediated liquid fuels

Troiano, Richard

Title: Microorganism mediated liquid fuels

Patent · Tue Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2018

OSTI ID:1429854

Troiano, Richard

Herein disclosed is a method for producing liquid hydrocarbon product, the method comprising disintegrating a hydrocarbon source; pretreating the disintegrated hydrocarbon source; solubilizing the disintegrated hydrocarbon source to form a slurry comprising a reactant molecule of the hydrocarbon source; admixing a biochemical liquor into the slurry, wherein the biochemical liquor comprises at least one conversion enzyme configured to facilitate bond selective photo-fragmentation of said reactant molecule of the hydrocarbon source, to form liquid hydrocarbons via enzyme assisted bond selective photo-fragmentation, wherein said conversion enzyme comprises reactive sites configured to restrict said reactant molecule such that photo-fragmentation favorably targets a preselected internal bond of said reactant molecule; separating the liquid hydrocarbons from the slurry, wherein contaminants remain in the slurry; and enriching the liquid hydrocarbons to form a liquid hydrocarbon product. Various aspects of such method/process are also discussed.

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Research Organization:: Somerset Coal International, Vandergrift, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FE0001259

Assignee:: Somerset Coal International (Vandergrift, PA)

Patent Number(s):: 9,920,253

Application Number:: 14/133,449

OSTI ID:: 1429854

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Dec 18

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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