Methods for increasing the production of ethanol from microbial fermentation
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C12P-007/06
C12P-007/02
출원번호
US-0311655
(2001-07-23)
등록번호
US-7285402
(2007-10-23)
국제출원번호
PCT/US01/023149
(2001-07-23)
§371/§102 date
20030311
(20030311)
국제공개번호
WO02/008438
(2002-01-31)
발명자
/ 주소
Gaddy,James L.
Arora,Dinesh K.
Ko,Ching Whan
Phillips,John Randall
Basu,Rahul
Wikstrom,Carl V.
Clausen,Edgar C.
출원인 / 주소
Emmaus Foundation, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Howson & Howson LLP
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A stable continuous method for producing ethanol from the anaerobic bacterial fermentation of a gaseous substrate containing at least one reducing gas involves culturing a fermentation bioreactor anaerobic, acetogenic bacteria in a liquid nutrient medium; supplying the gaseous substrate to the biore
A stable continuous method for producing ethanol from the anaerobic bacterial fermentation of a gaseous substrate containing at least one reducing gas involves culturing a fermentation bioreactor anaerobic, acetogenic bacteria in a liquid nutrient medium; supplying the gaseous substrate to the bioreactor; and manipulating the bacteria in the bioreactor by reducing the redox potential, or increasing the NAD(P)H TO NAD(P) ratio, in the fermentation broth after the bacteria achieves a steady state and stable cell concentration in the bioreactor. The free acetic acid concentration in the bioreactor is maintained at less than 5 g/L free acid. This method allows ethanol to be produced in the fermentation broth in the bioreactor at a productivity greater than 10 g/L per day. Both ethanol and acetate are produced in a ratio of ethanol to acetate ranging from 1:1 to 20:1.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A continuous method for producing ethanol from the anaerobic bacterial fermentation of a gaseous substrate comprising carbon monoxide, the method comprising: culturing in a fermentation bioreactor anaerobic, acetogenic C. ljungdahlii bacteria in a continuously fed liqui
The invention claimed is: 1. A continuous method for producing ethanol from the anaerobic bacterial fermentation of a gaseous substrate comprising carbon monoxide, the method comprising: culturing in a fermentation bioreactor anaerobic, acetogenic C. ljungdahlii bacteria in a continuously fed liquid nutrient medium to provide a fermentation broth and supplying to said fermentation bioreactor said gaseous substrate comprising carbon monoxide (CO); maintaining a specific rate of CO uptake in said fermentation bioreactor at an amount of 0.3 to 2 mmol CO/gram dry cells weight of bacteria/minute in the fermentation broth after said bacteria achieve a stable cell concentration in said fermentation bioreactor, wherein said free acetic acid concentration in said fermentation bioreactor is less than 5 g/L free acetic acid, producing ethanol in a fermentation broth at a productivity greater than 10 g/L per day; and producing both ethanol and acetate in said fermentation broth in a ratio of ethanol to acetate ranging from 1:1 to 20:1. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said fermentation bioreactor comprises a growth reactor which feeds said fermentation broth to a second fermentation bioreactor in which most of said ethanol is produced. 3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of removing said fermentation broth from said fermentation bioreactor, distilling ethanol from said broth and recovering said ethanol. 4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising recycling water containing acetate from said distilling step back to said fermentation bioreactor. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said Clostridium ljungdahlii is selected from the strains consisting of PETC, ERI-2, O-52 and C-01. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said gaseous substrate is selected from the group consisting of (a) carbon monoxide, (b) carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and (c) carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said gaseous substrate additionally comprises nitrogen or methane. 8. The method according to claim 1, the pH is 4.5 to 5.5. 9. The method according to claim 1 , comprising purging said bacteria from said fermentation bioreactor. 10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said specific rate of CO uptake is 0.5 to 1.5 mmol CO/gram of dry cells of bacteria in said fermentation bioreactor/minute. 11. The method according to claim 1, wherein said gaseous substrate comprises carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen. 12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising feeding an amount of calcium pantothenate into said fermentation bioreactor in a range of from 2 to 50 μg calcium pantothenate/gram of dry cells of bacteria produced in said fermentation bioreactor. 13. The method according to claim 12, wherein said amount of calcium pantothenate is from 2 to 25 μg calcium pantothenate/gram of dry cells of bacteria produced. 14. The method according to claim 12, wherein said gaseous substrate further comprises hydrogen. 15. The method according to claim 1, further comprising feeding to said fermentation biorcactor cobalt in an amount of front 5 to 100 μg cobalt/gram of dry cells of bacteria produced in said fermentation bioreactor. 16. The method according to claim 15, wherein said amount of cobalt is from 20 to 50 μg cobalt/gram of dry cells of bacteria produced. 17. The method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of preventing acclimation of said bacteria in said fermentation bioreactor to said amount of cobalt by maintaining a constant cobalt concentration. 18. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pH is greater than 4.5. 19. The method according to claim 12, wherein said amount of calcium pantothenate is from 10 to 30 μg calcium pantothenate/gram of dry cells of bacteria produced. 20. The method according to claim 12, wherein said amount of calcium pantothenate is from 10 to 50 μg calcium pantothenate/gram of dry cells of bacteria produced. 21. The method according to claim 1, wherein said specific rate of CO uptake is 0.5 to 1.5 mmol CO/gram of dry cells of bacteria in said fermentation bioreactor/minute and calcium pantothenate is fed into said fermentation bioreactor at an amount of 2 to 50 μg calcium pantothenate/gram of dry cells of bacteria produced in said fermentation bioreactor. 22. The method according to claim 1, wherein said specific rate of CO uptake is 0.5 to 1.5 mmol CO/gram of dry cells of bacteria in said fermentation bioreactor/minute and calcium pantothenate is fed into said fermentation bioreactor at an amount of 10 to 30 μg calcium pantothenate/gram of dry cells of bacteria produced in said fermentation bioreactor.
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