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Systems and methods for positioning flexible floating photobioreactors

US9145539B2 · kind B2 · utility

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26Claims

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Assignees

SOLIX ALGREDIENTS, INC. · US
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION · US

Inventors

Christopher Wayne Turner · Fort Collins, US
Bryan Rhea McCarty · Fort Collins, US
Peter Allen Letvin · Fort Collins, US
Bryan Willson · Fort Collins, US
Daniel Robert Herboldsheimer · Fort Collins, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 11, 2011
Grant date	Sep 29, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 9, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E50/10
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A top reference photobioreactor system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a flexible floating photobioreactor having a buoyancy tube filled with a gas that is less dense, and a ballast tube filled with a substance, such as saltwater, that is more dense, than the liquid in which the photobioreactor floats. A top reference photobioreactor method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes controlling a depth of the top reference photobioreactor by controlling a volume and/or density of ballast in the ballast tube and/or by controlling a volume and/or density of gas in the buoyancy tube.

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