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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2020
Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Patrick L. Hanks, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Everett J. O'Neal, Asbury, NJ (US);
Sarah E. Feicht, Raritan, NJ (US);
Mark A. Deimund, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Vinit Choudhary, Cypress, TX (US);
Louis R. Brown, La Jolla, CA (US);
EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system includes an algae bioreactor that contains an algae slurry, a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the algae bioreactor to receive the algae slurry from the algae bioreactor and heat and increase a pressure of the algae slurry, and one or more valves and a flash vessel in fluid communication with a discharge of the heat exchanger to flash the algae slurry and create steam and algae biomass. A separator receives the algae biomass from the flash vessel and separates oils from the algae biomass to generate a biofuel.