Clay enhancement of methane, low molecular weight hydrocarbon and halocarbon conversion by methanotrophic bacteria

Patent Application · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:10163566

Apel, W A; Dugan, P R

The invention described in this report relates to a combined system of an apparatus and a method of increasing the rates of oxidation of gases and hazardous vapors by methanotrophic and other bacteria. The gases of interest are methane and trichlorethylene and other hazardous vapors. In a preferred embodiment, the oxidation rate of methane is improved by the addition of clays, e.g., kaolin, sometimes called ``China clay.``

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A7738001
• Application Number: ON: DE93015728; PAN: 7-738,001
• OSTI ID: 10163566
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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BIOREACTORS
PERFORMANCE
KAOLIN
OXIDATION
METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIA
INVENTIONS
GASES
VAPORS
MICROORGANISMS
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