Fixed-bed bioreactor system for the microbial solubilization of coal

Patent · Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6726935

Scott, C D; Strandberg, G W

A fixed-bed bioreactor system for the conversion of coal into microbially solubilized coal products. The fixed-bed bioreactor continuously or periodically receives coal and bio-reactants and provides for the large scale production of microbially solubilized coal products in an economical and efficient manner. An oxidation pretreatment process for rendering coal uniformly and more readily susceptible to microbial solubilization may be employed with the fixed-bed bioreactor. 1 fig., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• Assignee: TIC; ERA-14-002754; EDB-88-190214
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A6095708
• OSTI ID: 6726935
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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