Methods and products used to grow and harvest algae
US8785175B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/23957
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Systems and methods that facilitate the creation and harvesting of algae using tufted products. One exemplary tufted product comprises a substrate and tufts tufted through the substrate. The use of a tufted product provides various advantages with respect to the creation and harvesting of algae. Among other things, such products can be configured to improve the amount of algal-growing surface area provided and other growing environment characteristics and to facilitate the harvesting of the algae from the tufted product by facilitating the release of all or most of the algae from attachment to the tufted product.
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