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Title: 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:
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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):
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
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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

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Scott, C D, and Strandberg, G W. Fluidized-bed bioreactor system for the microbial solubilization of coal. United States: N. p., 1987. Web.
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Scott, C D, & Strandberg, G W. Fluidized-bed bioreactor system for the microbial solubilization of coal. United States.
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Scott, C D, and Strandberg, G W. Mon . "Fluidized-bed bioreactor system for the microbial solubilization of coal". United States.
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@article{osti_6726942,
title = {Fluidized-bed bioreactor system for the microbial solubilization of coal},
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.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {1987},
month = {9}
}
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