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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (Nasa), Washington, DC (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas, Austin, TX (US);
Halil Berberoglu, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas E. Murphy, Austin, TX (US);
Leslie E. Bebout, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Erich D. Fleming, Redwood City, CA (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A life support system for providing a growth medium for at least one photosynthetic micro-organism and for converting COto O, with reduced water use that is as low as about 4 percent of the corresponding amount of water normally required for conventional micro-organism growth. The system includes a liquid transport capillary channel, a mixed culture photosynthetic biofilm and a liquid transport substrate that is positioned between and contiguous to the capillary channel and the biofilm, where the liquid transport rate is adjustable by adjustment of the local humidity. Approximately uniform radiation is received by the biofilm and contributes to microorganism growth.