Fluidized-bed bioreactor system for the microbial solubilization of coal
Abstract
A fluidized-bed bioreactor system for the conversion of coal into microbially solubilized coal products. The fluidized-bed bioreactor continuously or periodically receives coal and bio-reactants and provides for the 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 fluidized-bed bioreactor. 2 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6726942
- Patent Number(s):
- 6095696
- Assignee:
- TIC; ERA-14-002753; EDB-88-190213
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 42 ENGINEERING; BIOREACTORS; DESIGN; COAL; BIODEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; FLUIDIZED BEDS; INVENTIONS; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; SOLUBILITY; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY SOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; MATERIALS; 010405* - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction; 550700 - Microbiology; 550500 - Metabolism; 420200 - Engineering- Facilities, Equipment, & Techniques
Citation Formats
Scott, C D, and Strandberg, G W. Fluidized-bed bioreactor system for the microbial solubilization of coal. United States: N. p., 1987.
Web.
Scott, C D, & Strandberg, G W. Fluidized-bed bioreactor system for the microbial solubilization of coal. United States.
Scott, C D, and Strandberg, G W. Mon .
"Fluidized-bed bioreactor system for the microbial solubilization of coal". United States.
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author = {Scott, C D and Strandberg, G W},
abstractNote = {A fluidized-bed bioreactor system for the conversion of coal into microbially solubilized coal products. The fluidized-bed bioreactor continuously or periodically receives coal and bio-reactants and provides for the 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 fluidized-bed bioreactor. 2 figs.},
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year = {1987},
month = {9}
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