Patents by Inventor Santosh Gondhalekar

Santosh Gondhalekar 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).

  • Publication number: 20080187976
    Abstract: A triphasic biomethanation process, to convert starch or sugary agricultural feed stock into a methane rich gas mixture for facilitating generation of biogas to be used as kitchen fuels, electrical power or transportation from renewable biomass in a cost-effective manner. The process brings about conversion of starch-rich or sugar-rich biomass into methane through three stages, namely, hydrolysis, acidogenesis and methane formation. The present invention deploys enzymes/physical/microbial parameters to hasten the hydrolytic reaction in the first stage. It also deploys microbial consortia that have been enriched for a targeted feed in order to speed up the process of conversion. The formation of alcohol from starch is prevented, as a result of the consortia deployed, the conversion efficiency is substantially improved and the retention time is also reduced to cut the capital cost of the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: GANGOTREE RESOURCE DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD.
    Inventors: Santosh Gondhalekar, Arvind Joshi, Shreekant Patwardhan, Neelesh Kulkarni, Vijay Paranjpye