US 12,281,344 B2
Integrated gas fermentation
Jennifer Rosa Holmgren, Skokie, IL (US); Sean Alex Rollag, Chicago, IL (US); Richard Russell Rosin, Glencoe, IL (US); and Taylor Craig Schulz, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to LanzaTech, Inc., Skokie, IL (US)
Filed by LanzaTech, Inc., Skokie, IL (US)
Filed on May 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/674,362.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/471,190, filed on Jun. 5, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0401089 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. C12P 7/08 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12P 5/00 (2006.01); C12P 5/02 (2006.01); C12P 7/42 (2006.01); C12P 7/44 (2006.01); C12R 1/02 (2006.01); C12R 1/145 (2006.01); C12R 1/26 (2006.01)
CPC C12P 7/08 (2013.01) [C12N 1/205 (2021.05); C12P 5/007 (2013.01); C12P 5/026 (2013.01); C12P 7/42 (2013.01); C12P 7/44 (2013.01); C12R 2001/02 (2021.05); C12R 2001/145 (2021.05); C12R 2001/26 (2021.05)] 11 Claims
 
1. An integrated process comprising:
a) processing at least one of coal, refinery residues, petroleum coke, biomass, lignocellulosic material, black liquor, municipal solid waste, municipal liquid waste, industrial solid waste, industrial liquid waste, refuse derived fuel, sewerage, sewerage sludge, sludge from wastewater treatment, landfill gas, biogas, tires including end of life tires, unsorted landfill waste, sorted landfill waste, plastics, fibers, microbial biomass, waste wood, agriculture waste, forest waste, or any combination thereof in a gasification process, to produce a raw syngas steam comprising at least carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, and to produce char byproduct;
b) passing at least a portion of the syngas stream to a gas fermentation process comprising a bioreactor containing a C1-fixing microorganism in a liquid nutrient medium to produce at least one alcohol fermentation product; and
c) providing the at least one byproduct and the at least one fermentation product to a downstream operation to produce a tire.