Patents by Inventor Jianghao TIAN

Jianghao TIAN 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).

  • Bioelectrochemical reactor with double bioanode, method for anodic regeneration and use of the reactor for microbial electrosynthesis
    Patent number: 11820686
    Abstract: A bioelectrochemical reactor (1) has an anode chamber (11) having at least two bioanodes (12, 13), and an anodic electrolyte (14) with an anodic electroactive microorganisms,—a cathode chamber (21) with at least one biocathode (22), and a cathodic electrolyte (24) with a cathodic electroactive microorganisms. The anode chamber (11) is separated from the cathode chamber (21) by, running from the anode chamber to the cathode chamber, a cation exchange membrane (31) and an anion exchange membrane (32). The cation and anion exchange membranes are separated from each other by an inter-membrane chamber (30), and means for applying a potential difference between the interconnected bioanodes and the biocathode/biocathodes. The bioanodes and biocathode/biocathodes have active surfaces such that the total active surface of the biocathode/biocathodes (22) is greater than the total active surface of the two bioanodes (12, 13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE
    Inventors: Sylvain Moreau, Théodore Bouchez, Jianghao Tian, Elie Le Quemener, Alain Bergel, Elise Blanchet, Benjamin Erable, Luc Etcheverry, Alain Huyard, Pierre Mauricrace, Nicolas Bernet, Eric Trably
  • BIOELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR WITH DOUBLE BIOANODE, METHOD FOR ANOFIC REGENERATION AND USE OF THE REACTOR FOR MICROBIAL ELECTROSYNTHESIS
    Publication number: 20210340039
    Abstract: A bioelectrochemical reactor (1) has an anode chamber (11) having at least two bioanodes (12, 13), and an anodic electrolyte (14) with an anodic electroactive microorganisms,—a cathode chamber (21) with at least one biocathode (22), and a cathodic electrolyte (24) with a cathodic electroactive microorganisms. The anode chamber (11) is separated from the cathode chamber (21) by, running from the anode chamber to the cathode chamber, a cation exchange membrane (31) and an anion exchange membrane (32). The cation and anion exchange membranes are separated from each other by an inter-membrane chamber (30), and means for applying a potential difference between the interconnected bioanodes and the biocathode/biocathodes. The bioanodes and biocathode/biocathodes have active surfaces such that the total active surface of the biocathode/biocathodes (22) is greater than the total active surface of the two bioanodes (12, 13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Sylvain MOREAU, Théodore BOUCHEZ, Jianghao TIAN, Elie LE QUEMENER, Alain BERGEL, Elise BLANCHET, Benjamin ERABLE, Luc ETCHEVERRY, Alain HUYARD, Pierre MAURICRACE, Nicolas BERNET, Eric TRABLY
  • COMPOSITION FOR THE AEROBIC TREATMENT OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC RESIDUES, ASSOCIATED METHOD AND USE OF SAME FOR BIOLOGICAL PRETREATMENT OF SAID RESIDUES
    Publication number: 20190249362
    Abstract: A composition for treating lignocellulosic agricultural residues (11), such as straw, characterised in that it comprises a liquid mixture of an aqueous solution containing the mineral elements NPK, capable of forming a nutrient medium for endogenous microorganisms of said agricultural residues to be treated, and a source of lignin obtained from a process of alkaline delignification of lignocellulosic biomasses. Treating said residues in an aerobic medium with the composition increases the accessibility of the cellulose to cellulases. Use for the biological pretreatment of said lignocellulosic residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Pascal PEU, Jianghao TIAN, Anne-Marie POURCHER