Dolores B Ascon

US Patent:

20100159539, Jun 24, 2010

Filed:

Mar 13, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/403975

Inventors:

Miguel ASCON - Baltimore MD, US
Dolores Ascon - Baltimore MD, US

International Classification:

C12P 7/64
C12M 1/00
C12P 7/06
C12P 7/16
C12P 7/04
C12P 3/00

US Classification:

435134, 4352891, 4352921, 435161, 435160, 435157, 435168

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and systems for producing biofuel and bioenergy products using, as starting raw material, xenobiotic materials or compounds. The xenobiotic materials or compounds may originate from industrial or chemical plants, municipal waste, pharmaceutical products, cosmetic and personal care products, or other sources, and may include aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated organic solvents and other halogenated hydrocarbons, as well as heteroaromatic compounds. In accordance with the invention, these materials act as a carbon source to support the metabolism of xenobiotic-degrading microorganisms, thereby producing biomass and/or biogas that may be converted to bioenergy products by microbial synthesis. For example, the biomass may be converted to products such as ethanol, methanol, butanol, and methane, among others. The biogas may be converted to hydrogen gas and biodiesel, among others. Thus, the present invention couples the microbial breakdown (decomposition) of xenobiotic materials with the microbial synthesis of biofuel, thereby supplying needed (inexpensive) energy products, while reducing environmental pollution and contamination, and reducing the costs associated with disposal of hazardous waste.

US Patent:

20110165639, Jul 7, 2011

Filed:

Aug 17, 2009

Appl. No.:

13/059173

Inventors:

Miguel Ascon - Baltimore MD, US
Dolores Ascon - Baltimore MD, US

Assignee:

BriJen Biotech, LLC - Baltimore MD

International Classification:

C12P 7/64
C12P 1/00
C12P 5/02
C12P 3/00
C12P 7/10
C12P 7/16
C12P 7/04
C12M 1/00

US Classification:

435134, 435 41, 435167, 435168, 435165, 435160, 435157, 4352921

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods of a process (SOLWASFUEL system) for producing biofuel and bioenergy products using, as starting raw material, home and municipal organic solid waste, including recalcitrant lignocellulosic materials of paper, cardboards, organic plastics, cellulose plants, and food waste. In accordance with the invention, home and municipal solid waste, can serve as a carbon source to support the metabolism of synthetic microorganisms to produce biofuels and bioenergy products.

US Patent:

20090325253, Dec 31, 2009

Filed:

Apr 24, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/429858

Inventors:

Miguel ASCON - Baltimore MD, US
Dolores ASCON - Baltimore MD, US

International Classification:

C12P 7/08
C12M 1/00

US Classification:

435163, 4352891, 4352931

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods and systems (SLUDFUEL system) for producing biofuel and bioenergy products using, as starting raw material, municipal, industrial, and/or farm sewage sludge, including recalcitrant sludge containing high concentrations of heavy metals, and produced after waste treatment. In accordance with the invention, municipal, industrial, and farm sewage sludge, including recalcitrant sludge, can serve as a carbon source to support the metabolism of synthetic microorganisms to produce biofuels and bioenergy products.