Unknown Organization (20250092428). CONVERSION OF FEEDSTOCKS INTO BIOGAS
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CONVERSION OF FEEDSTOCKS INTO BIOGAS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Lee Duane Hansen of Saratoga Springs UT US
Jaron Conly Hansen of Springville UT US
Zachary T. Aanderud of Provo UT US
CONVERSION OF FEEDSTOCKS INTO BIOGAS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250092428 titled 'CONVERSION OF FEEDSTOCKS INTO BIOGAS
Original Abstract Submitted
a method and system for processing biomass comprising lignocellulosic materials (lm), fats, oils, and grease (fog), and/or waste-activated sludge (was) for biogas production. biomass is maintained in an anaerobic secretome bioreactor with a synthetic microbial community under thermophilic conditions within a specified ph range. the microbial community produces a secretome of exozymes—such as cellulases, hemicellulases, ligninases, lipases, and proteases—that hydrolyze and solubilize portions of the lm, fog, and was, resulting in a liquid effluent containing sugars, amino acids, fatty acid anions, and other intermediates. the thermophilic environment also pasteurizes the effluent, which is subsequently processed in a mesophilic methanogenic digestion stage for biogas production. in this stage, volatile fatty acid anions are further metabolized to yield methane (ch), carbon dioxide (co), and bicarbonate ions (hco) as primary products of methanogenesis.
