Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Biofuel and electricity producing fuel cells and systems and methods related to same
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Application No.: US15589950Application Date: 2017-05-08
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Publication No.: US10686205B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Gemma Reguera , Allison Speers , Jenna Young
- Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
- Applicant Address: US MI East Lansing
- Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: US MI East Lansing
- Agency: Westman, Champlin & Koehler, P.A.
- Main IPC: H01M8/16
- IPC: H01M8/16 ; C12P7/06 ; C12P7/08 ; C12P7/10 ; C12P39/00 ; C12P7/14 ; H01M8/22

Abstract:
An electrochemical cell comprising an anode electrode, a cathode electrode and a reference electrode electronically connected to each other; a first biocatalyst comprising a consolidated bioprocessing organism (e.g., a cellulomonad or clostridium or related strains, such as Cellulomonas uda (C. uda), Clostridium lentocellum (C. lentocellum), Acetivibrio celluloyticus (A. cellulolyticus) Clostridium cellobioparum (C. cellobioparum), alcohol-tolerant C. cellobioparum, alcohol-tolerant C. uda, and combinations thereof) capable of fermenting biomass (e.g., cellulosic biomass or glycerin-containing biomass) to produce a fermentation byproduct; and a second biocatalyst comprising an electricigen (e.g., Geobacter sulfurreducens) capable of transferring substantially all the electrons in the fermentation byproduct (e.g., hydrogen, one or more organic acids, or a combination thereof) to the anode electrode to produce electricity is disclosed. Systems and methods related thereto are also disclosing a consolidated bioprocessing organism.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170271702A1 BIOFUEL AND ELECTRICITY PRODUCING FUEL CELLS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO SAME Public/Granted day:2017-09-21
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