Patents by Inventor Pierre MAURICRACE

Pierre MAURICRACE 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