Patents by Inventor Defeng Xing

Defeng Xing 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).

  • Patent number: 10604430
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel membrane aerated anaerobic granular sludge reactor, belonging to the technical field of sewage treatment. The reactor solves the problems of low solubility of gas substances in an aqueous solution, large gas-liquid mass transfer resistance and low mass transfer rate. The top of a reactor body is provided with a water outlet, and the middle side wall of the reactor body is provided with a middle water outlet; the middle water outlet of the reactor body is connected with an water inlet of a membrane module; an water outlet of the membrane module is connected with a bottom water inlet of the reactor body through a circulating pump, a water inlet is connected with the bottom water inlet of the reactor body through a feed pump, a high pressure or pressurized gas cylinder outputs high pressure or pressurized gas to the membrane module, and a gas pressure regulating valve is arranged between the high pressure or pressurized gas cylinder and the membrane module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Guojun Xie, Shengqiang Fan, Nanqi Ren, Bingfeng Liu, Defeng Xing, Jie Ding
  • Patent number: 10378028
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for fermentative hydrogen production under limited aerobic conditions by utilizing the respiratory interaction between a strictly anaerobic hydrogen producing bacterium, E. harbinense YUAN-3, and a facultative anaerobic bacterium, P. aeruginosa PAO1. The two bacteria are co-cultured to produce hydrogen gas in a culture medium without any anaerobic treatment. Sucrose, lactose or glucose are used as the carbon source for the co-culture which can promote the growth of E. harbinense YUAN-3 and reduce substrate competition between two bacteria. L-cysteine is added to increase the hydrogen yield and the production rate. Using 15 g/L glucose and 5 mmol/L L-cysteine, the invented method achieved the hydrogen production yield of 1.11 mol-hydrogen/mol-glucose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Harbin Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Defeng Xing, Najiaowa Yu, Wei Li, Zhen Li, Yang Yang
  • Publication number: 20190202722
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel membrane aerated anaerobic granular sludge reactor, belonging to the technical field of wastewater treatment. The reactor solves the problems of low solubility of gas substances in an aqueous solution, large gas-liquid mass transfer resistance and low mass transfer rate. The top of a reactor body is provided with a water outlet, and the middle side wall of the reactor body is provided with a middle water outlet; the middle water outlet of the reactor body is connected with a water inlet of a membrane module; a water outlet of the membrane module is connected with a bottom water inlet of the reactor body through a circulating pump, a water inlet is connected with the bottom water inlet of the reactor body through a feed pump, a high pressure gas cylinder outputs high pressure gas to the membrane module, and a gas pressure regulating valve is arranged between the high pressure gas cylinder and the membrane module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Guojun XIE, Shengqiang FAN, Nanqi REN, Bingfeng LIU, Defeng XING, Jie DING
  • Publication number: 20190002924
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for fermentative hydrogen production under limited aerobic conditions by utilizing the respiratory interaction between a strictly anaerobic hydrogen producing bacterium, E. harbinense YUAN-3, and a facultative anaerobic bacterium, P. aeruginosa PAO1. The two bacteria are co-cultured to produce hydrogen gas in a culture medium without any anaerobic treatment. Sucrose, lactose or glucose are used as the carbon source for the co-culture which can promote the growth of E. harbinense YUAN-3 and reduce substrate competition between two bacteria. L-cysteine is added to increase the hydrogen yield and the production rate. Using 15 g/L glucose and 5 mmol/L L-cysteine, the invented method achieved the hydrogen production yield of 1.11 mol-hydrogen/mol-glucose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Harbin Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Defeng Xing, Najiaowa Yu, Wei Li, Zhen Li, Yang Yang