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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (US);
Gregory Auner, Livonia, MI (US);
Michelle A. Brusatori, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Joseph M. Smolinski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
David J. Sant, Wixom, MI (US);
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A photobioreactor system includes vessel for containing a biomass and a plurality of illuminators which may have solid state devices embedded therein or coupled thereto. The light energy is distributed in the vessel volume by the illuminators so as to reach substantially all of the biomass being circulated in the vessel. Biomass may exit the top of the vessel and be refreshed with nutrients and liquid before being reintroduced at the bottom of the vessel. Carbon dioxide is introduced at the bottom of the vessel. The biomass may be agitated either ultrasonically or by motion of the illuminators. A source of energy for the light sources may be solar panels with battery storage and the carbon dioxide may be a byproduct of thermal power generation.