Print Email Facebook Twitter Process for the continuous biological production of lipids, hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof Title Process for the continuous biological production of lipids, hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof Author Van der Wielen, L.A.M. Heijnen, J.J. Faculty Applied Sciences Department Biotechnology Date 2010-06-16 Abstract The present invention is directed to a process for the continuous biological production of lipids, hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon like material or mixtures thereof by conversion of a suitable substrate using micro-organisms, in which process the said substrate is continuously, anaerobically fermented to produce lipids, hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon like material or mixtures thereof and fermentation gas, in the presence of, optionally supported, micro-organisms in an aqueous medium in a column type reactor, in which reactor at least part of the aqueous medium flows in upward direction, and recovering the lipids, hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon like material by separating the fermentation gas, the micro-organisms, the lipids, hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon like material from each other under conditions that coalescence of the hydrocarbon material or hydrocarbon like material is promoted. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:eff482a9-e23e-45c1-9fa4-fbe3aa39a3a2 Publisher European Patent Office Source http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20100616&CC=EP&NR=2196539A1&KC=A1 Source EP 2196539 (A1) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type patent Rights (c) 2010 Van der Wielen, L.A.M.; Heijnen, J.J. Files PDF EP2196539A1.pdf 558.14 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:eff482a9-e23e-45c1-9fa4-fbe3aa39a3a2/datastream/OBJ/view