Autonomous submersible device for algae growth and collection

US12084640B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Company · US

Inventors

• Anjaneya S. Kovvali · Herndon, US
• Everett J. O'Neal · Asbury, US
• Patrick L. Hanks · Bound Brook, US
• Mark A. Deimund · Pasadena, US
• Vinit Choudhary · Cypress, US
• Yesim Igci · Spring, US
• Louis R. Brown · Oxford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2020
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2024
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A90/40
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A submersible device submersible within an algae slurry contained within a pond of an algae bioreactor, the submersible device including a drive motor operable to actuate one or more driven devices that move the submersible device within the pond, a circulation device operable to circulate the algae slurry through the submersible device and discharge the algae slurry back into the pond from a discharge port provided on the submersible device, and a computer system that controls operation of the drive motor and the circulation device.