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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2005
Robert Clarence Pearce, Iii, Arlington, TX (US);
Dale V. Kiplinger, Carrollton, TX (US);
Jose E. Evaro, Mansfield, TX (US);
Judith Gayle Pruitt, Mesquite, TX (US);
Joseph Thomas Colarusso, Arlington, TX (US);
Robert Clarence Pearce, III, Arlington, TX (US);
Dale V. Kiplinger, Carrollton, TX (US);
Jose E. Evaro, Mansfield, TX (US);
Judith Gayle Pruitt, Mesquite, TX (US);
Joseph Thomas Colarusso, Arlington, TX (US);
NCH Corporation, Irving, TX (US);
Abstract
A biomass generator useful for continuously growing and withdrawing bacteria to be used in a desired beneficial application, the generator having a bacteria growth chamber; water and nutrient inlet ports; upper and lower outlet ports; a recirculating pump withdrawing and reintroducing fluid to establish a vortex in the growth chamber while controlling foaming and pump cavitation; a low pressure air inlet line discharging air inside the growth chamber above the vortex; a fluid discharge line receiving bacteria-containing fluid from the upper outlet port of the growth chamber; a flush line discharging wash water into the fluid discharge line; and an electrical controller cooperating with solenoid-operated valves and a feeder mechanism to periodically introduce water and nutrients into the chamber, thereby simultaneously causing bacteria-containing fluid to be discharged from the growth chamber through the upper outlet port. A method for growing bacteria using the subject apparatus is also disclosed.