Pivot arm systems for mixing in bioreactors

US11692165B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Company · US

Inventors

• Everett J. O'Neal · Asbury, US
• Louis R. Brown · Oxford, US
• Patrick L. Hanks · Bound Brook, US
• Mark A. Deimund · Pasadena, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 3, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 4, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 27, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/80
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A system for growing algae includes a pivot arm pivotally coupled to a pivot connection positioned in a pond containing water and algae, and a mixing device coupled to the pivot arm and extending into the pond to mix the water and the algae as the pivot arm rotates.