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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2010
Keshav C. Das, Athens, GA (US);
Senthil Chinnasamy, Tamilnadu, IN;
James Shelton, Athens, GA (US);
Susan B. Wilde, Watkinsville, GA (US);
Rebecca S. Haynie, Carlton, GA (US);
James A. Herrin, Atlanta, GA (US);
Keshav C. Das, Athens, GA (US);
Senthil Chinnasamy, Tamilnadu, IN;
James Shelton, Athens, GA (US);
Susan B. Wilde, Watkinsville, GA (US);
Rebecca S. Haynie, Carlton, GA (US);
James A. Herrin, Atlanta, GA (US);
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, GA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for novel strategies to harvest algal lipids using mollusks which after feeding algae from the growth medium can convert algal lipids into their biomass or excrete lipids in their pseudofeces which makes algae harvesting energy efficient and cost effective. The bioconverter, filter-feeding mollusks and their pseudofeces can be harvested and converted to biocrude using an advanced thermochemical liquefaction technology. Methods, systems, and materials are disclosed for the harvest and isolation of algal lipids from the mollusks, molluscan feces and molluscan pseudofeces.