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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul G. Allen, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Kenneth G. Caldeira, Redwood City, CA (US);
Bran Ferren, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
William Gates, Medina, WA (US);
W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, CA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
John Latham, Boulder, CO (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Stephen H. Salter, Edinburgh, GB;
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Thomas A. Weaver, San Matero, CA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and articles are provided for generating electricity from carbon-based photosynthate produced by a plant. The methods include providing the plant with a composition including COand/or a composition that generates CO, harvesting a carbon-based photosynthate from the plant, processing the carbon-based photosynthate to produce energy, and converting at least some of the energy into electricity. An apparatus for converting the carbon-based photosynthate into COand heat, and an apparatus for converting the heat of combustion into electricity is also provided. An apparatus is also disclosed for providing the plant with a composition including COand/or a composition that generates CO.