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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2008
Jonathan D Trent, La Selva Beach, CA (US);
Sherwin J Gormly, Carson City, NV (US);
Tsegereda N Embaye, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Lance D Delzeit, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael T Flynn, Corte Madera, CA (US);
Travis a Liggett, Redkey, IN (US);
Patrick W Buckwalter, La Selva Beach, CA (US);
Robert Baertsch, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jonathan D Trent, La Selva Beach, CA (US);
Sherwin J Gormly, Carson City, NV (US);
Tsegereda N Embaye, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Lance D Delzeit, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael T Flynn, Corte Madera, CA (US);
Travis A Liggett, Redkey, IN (US);
Patrick W Buckwalter, La Selva Beach, CA (US);
Robert Baertsch, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for producing hydrocarbons, including oil, by processing algae and/or other micro-organisms in an aquatic environment. Flexible bags (e.g., plastic) with CO/Oexchange membranes, suspended at a controllable depth in a first liquid (e.g., seawater), receive a second liquid (e.g., liquid effluent from a 'dead zone') containing seeds for algae growth. The algae are cultivated and harvested in the bags, after most of the second liquid is removed by forward osmosis through liquid exchange membranes. The algae are removed and processed, and the bags are cleaned and reused.