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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2010
Peter F. Hentges, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Thomas Carroll Barlow, Loveland, CO (US);
Jeff Tyler Penoyer, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David Scott Gorham, Hollis, NH (US);
Jason Charles Quinn, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Peter Allen Letvin, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher Wayne Turner, Windsor, CO (US);
Guy Robert Babbitt, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Nicholas Paul Echter, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
James William Howland, Littleton, CO (US);
Peter F. Hentges, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Thomas Carroll Barlow, Loveland, CO (US);
Jeff Tyler Penoyer, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David Scott Gorham, Hollis, NH (US);
Jason Charles Quinn, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Peter Allen Letvin, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher Wayne Turner, Windsor, CO (US);
Guy Robert Babbitt, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Nicholas Paul Echter, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
James William Howland, Littleton, CO (US);
Solix Biosystems, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
A method for harvesting algae according to embodiments of the present invention includes filling a reservoir at least partially with a liquid, submerging a bag at least partially in the liquid, the bag containing media, the media comprising algae, the bag comprising a first end, a second end, a harvesting port located closer to the first end than to the second end, and a gas port, delivering gas into the bag through the gas port, and raising the second end of the bag by accumulating the gas at the second end to flow the media toward the harvesting port.