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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Daniel H. Yeh, Tampa, FL (US);
Ivy Lea Cormier Drexler, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Melanie Pickett, Tampa, FL (US);
David Fulcher, Tampa, FL (US);
Daniel H. Yeh, Tampa, FL (US);
Ivy Lea Cormier Drexler, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Melanie Pickett, Tampa, FL (US);
David Fulcher, Tampa, FL (US);
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an algae cultivation system includes a photobioreactor adapted for immersion in growth media contained within the growth media reactor, the photobioreactor including a closed container including multiple panels that together define an interior space in which algae can be cultivated, at least one of the panels being transparent, a porous membrane filter incorporated into one of the panels that enables water, carbon dioxide, and nutrients contained within the growth media to pass into the interior space but prevents contaminants contained within the growth media from passing into the interior space, and a gas control valve incorporated into one of the panels that when open enables photosynthetic gas produced by algae growth within the container to escape but when closed prevents the photosynthetic gas from escaping so as to build pressure within the container that forces water out from the container and dewaters the algae.