Patents by Inventor Aidan Hurley

Aidan Hurley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process to remove product alcohols from fermentation broth
    Patent number: 9962623
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes to remove butanol and other product alcohols from a fermentation broth employing vacuum vaporization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC
    Inventors: Joseph J. Zaher, Steven Christopher Barr, Robert W. Sylvester, Aidan Hurley
  • Method for Producing Butanol Using Extractive Fermentation
    Publication number: 20170057894
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed by extraction into a water immiscible organic extractant during the fermentation. The invention also relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed during the fermentation by extraction into a water-immiscible extractant composition. The invention further relates to compositions comprising a solution of butanol in a water immiscible organic extractant composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Basham, Leslie William Bolton, Ian David Dobson, Sarah Richardson Hanson, Aidan Hurley, Karen Kustedjo, Andrew Richard Lucy, Liang Song
  • Method for producing butanol using extractive fermentation
    Patent number: 9517985
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed by extraction into a water immiscible organic extractant during the fermentation. The invention also relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed during the fermentation by extraction into a water-immiscible extractant composition. The invention further relates to compositions comprising a solution of butanol in a water immiscible organic extractant composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Basham, Leslie William Bolton, Ian David Dobson, Sarah Richardson Hanson, Aidan Hurley, Karen Kustedjo, Andrew Richard Lucy, Liang Song
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING BUTANOL USING EXTRACTIVE FERMENTATION
    Publication number: 20160016870
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed by extraction into a water immiscible organic extractant during the fermentation. The invention also relates to a method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed during the fermentation by extraction into a water-immiscible extractant composition. The invention further relates to compositions comprising a solution of butanol in a water immiscible organic extractant composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas BASHAM, Leslie William Bolton, Ian David Dobson, Sarah Richardson HANSON, Aidan HURLEY, Karen KUSTEDJO, Andrew Richard LUCY, Liang SONG
  • Purification Methods and Systems Related to Renewable Materials and Biofuels Production
    Publication number: 20150191686
    Abstract: Methods of producing renewable materials may include consuming a fermentation feedstock with a fermentation organism to produce a renewable material in fermentation broth; water may then be separated from the feedstock or broth using one or more phase separations, or the renewable material may be concentrated from the feedstock or broth using one or more phase separations. Methods of producing biofuel components may include consuming a lignocellulosic or sugar fermentation feedstock with a fermentation organism to produce either ethanol or butanol in fermentation broth; cooling the feedstock or broth to solidify at least some water therein; and separating the solidified water from the feedstock or broth using a solid-liquid phase separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventors: Glen Austin, Binita Bhattacharjee, Leslie Bolton, Jacob Borden, Martin Carrera, Amit Gokhale, Chris Horler, Aidan Hurley, Eric Mack
  • Purification methods and systems related to renewable materials and biofuels production
    Patent number: 8969050
    Abstract: Methods of producing renewable materials may include consuming a fermentation feedstock with a fermentation organism to produce a renewable material in fermentation broth; water may then be separated from the feedstock or broth using one or more phase separations, or the renewable material may be concentrated from the feedstock or broth using one or more phase separations. Methods of producing biofuel components may include consuming a lignocellulosic or sugar fermentation feedstock with a fermentation organism to produce either ethanol or butanol in fermentation broth; cooling the feedstock or broth to solidify at least some water therein; and separating the solidified water from the feedstock or broth using a solid-liquid phase separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventors: Glen Austin, Binita X. Bhattacharjee, Leslie W. Bolton, Jacob Borden, Martin E. Carrera, Amit A. Gokhale, Chris Horler, Aidan Hurley, Eric T. Mack
  • PROCESS TO REMOVE PRODUCT ALCOHOLS FROM FERMENTATION BROTH
    Publication number: 20140311889
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes to remove butanol and other product alcohols from a fermentation broth employing vacuum vaporization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Joseph J. Zaher, Steven Christopher Barr, Robert W. Sylvester, Aidan Hurley
  • Purification Methods and Systems Related to Renewable Materials and Biofuels Production
    Publication number: 20130130335
    Abstract: Methods of producing renewable materials may include consuming a fermentation feedstock with a fermentation organism to produce a renewable material in fermentation broth; water may then be separated from the feedstock or broth using one or more phase separations, or the renewable material may be concentrated from the feedstock or broth using one or more phase separations. Methods of producing biofuel components may include consuming a lignocellulosic or sugar fermentation feedstock with a fermentation organism to produce either ethanol or butanol in fermentation broth; cooling the feedstock or broth to solidify at least some water therein; and separating the solidified water from the feedstock or broth using a solid-liquid phase separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventors: Glen Austin, Binita X. Bhattacharjee, Leslie W. Bolton, Jacob Borden, Martin E. Carrera, Amit A. Gokhale, Chris Horler, Aidan Hurley, Eric T. Mack