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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2010
David Stephen, Davis, CA (US);
Gaye Elizabeth Morgenthaler, Woodside, CA (US);
Benjamin Chiau-pin Wu, San Ramon, CA (US);
David Vancott Jones, Woodside, CA (US);
David Stephen, Davis, CA (US);
Gaye Elizabeth Morgenthaler, Woodside, CA (US);
Benjamin Chiau-pin Wu, San Ramon, CA (US);
David Vancott Jones, Woodside, CA (US);
LiveFuels, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are systems and methods for extracting lipids and/or producing biofuel from algae in marine and freshwater environments, wherein algae and bivalves are co-cultured in a system of enclosures comprising water that comprises recycled nutrients that are essential for algal growth. The system also include enclosures for culturing fishes which are used to harvest the algae.