Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for treatment of wet organic matter to produce biogas
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Application No.: US16477212Application Date: 2018-01-17
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Publication No.: US11268057B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Rune Bakke , Dag Normann Øvrebø
- Applicant: Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge , Waterment AS , Yara International ASA
- Applicant Address: NO Kongsberg; NO Porsgrunn; NO Oslo
- Assignee: Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge,Waterment AS,Yara International ASA
- Current Assignee: Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge,Waterment AS,Yara International ASA
- Current Assignee Address: NO Kongsberg; NO Porsgrunn; NO Oslo
- Agency: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP
- Priority: NO20170077 20170118
- International Application: PCT/NO2018/050010 WO 20180117
- International Announcement: WO2018/135952 WO 20180726
- Main IPC: C12M3/00
- IPC: C12M3/00 ; C12F3/00 ; B01D21/00 ; C12M1/107 ; B01D21/24 ; C02F3/22 ; C02F3/28 ; C02F11/04 ; C12M1/00 ; C12P5/02

Abstract:
Apparatus for treatment of wet organic matter to produce biogas, comprising a closed reactor (11) for anaerobic digestion of the wet organic matter. The anaerobic reactor comprises two vertical 5 tubes, a vertically arranged outer tube (14) defining a first reactor chamber (111) enveloping a vertically arranged inner tube (15) which is divided into a first region (112a) and a second region (112b) of a second reactor chamber (112) by a vertical partitioning wall (16). The first reactor chamber comprises a particle retaining unit (31) connecting the first and the second reactor chambers. The anaerobic reactor (11) exhibits a top discharge pipe (18) for gas developed in either 0 of the two reactor chambers (111, 112). A method for treatment of wet organic matter is also contemplated.
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