US 12,241,103 B2
Production system and method of production for organic compound or microorganism
Mitsuhiro Kishino, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroyuki Kojima, Kanagawa (JP); Hideo Hosono, Tokyo (JP); Michikazu Hara, Tokyo (JP); Masaaki Kitano, Tokyo (JP); Toshiharu Yokoyama, Tokyo (JP); Toru Numaguchi, Tokyo (JP); Munenobu Ito, Kanagawa (JP); Kazuteru Yamada, Kanagawa (JP); and Hiromi Noguchi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo (JP); and Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by AJINOMOTO CO., INC., Tokyo (JP); and TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/019,666.
Application 17/019,666 is a division of application No. 15/675,113, filed on Aug. 11, 2017, granted, now 10,808,267.
Application 15/675,113 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2016/054611, filed on Feb. 17, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-028959 (JP), filed on Feb. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0407762 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. C12P 13/14 (2006.01); B01J 23/02 (2006.01); B01J 23/04 (2006.01); B01J 23/46 (2006.01); B01J 23/58 (2006.01); B01J 35/00 (2006.01); B01J 37/02 (2006.01); C01C 1/04 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12P 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC C12P 13/14 (2013.01) [B01J 23/02 (2013.01); B01J 23/04 (2013.01); B01J 23/462 (2013.01); B01J 23/58 (2013.01); B01J 35/19 (2024.01); B01J 37/0221 (2013.01); C01C 1/0411 (2013.01); C01C 1/0417 (2013.01); C01C 1/0458 (2013.01); C01C 1/0476 (2013.01); C12M 23/58 (2013.01); C12M 43/00 (2013.01); C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C12P 13/08 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0233 (2013.01); C01B 2203/025 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0283 (2013.01); C01B 2203/04 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0475 (2013.01); Y02P 20/52 (2015.11)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of production for a product selected from the group consisting of an organic compound and a microorganism, the method comprising:
reacting a source gas comprising hydrogen and nitrogen in the presence of a ruthenium catalyst and a support, wherein said reacting occurs under conditions comprising a reaction temperature of 530° C. or lower and a reaction pressure of 3 MPa or lower, and wherein an ammonia-containing gas is synthesized;
concentrating ammonia within the ammonia-containing gas to obtain liquid ammonia without obtaining ammonia water or adsorbing ammonia to an absorbent;
premixing the ammonia-containing gas with a medium and recovering unreacted hydrogen and nitrogen therefrom, and recycling said unreacted hydrogen and nitrogen to repeat said reacting; and
culturing a microorganism able to produce an organic compound using the liquid ammonia and the medium.