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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2011
Isaac Berzin, Newton, MA (US);
Javier DE Luis, Cambridge, MA (US);
David Fair, Winchester, MA (US);
Joe Parrish, Cambridge, MA (US);
Keith Richtman, Somerville, MA (US);
Fan Chen, Waltham, MA (US);
Benjamin F. Polito, Lebanon, NH (US);
Miles Walker, Somerville, MA (US);
Ben Fowler, Somerville, MA (US);
Kevin Lockwood, Millville, MA (US);
Miguel Olaizola, Belmont, MA (US);
Isaac Berzin, Newton, MA (US);
Javier de Luis, Cambridge, MA (US);
David Fair, Winchester, MA (US);
Joe Parrish, Cambridge, MA (US);
Keith Richtman, Somerville, MA (US);
Fan Chen, Waltham, MA (US);
Benjamin F. Polito, Lebanon, NH (US);
Miles Walker, Somerville, MA (US);
Ben Fowler, Somerville, MA (US);
Kevin Lockwood, Millville, MA (US);
Miguel Olaizola, Belmont, MA (US);
Algae Systems, LLC, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Certain embodiments and aspects of the present invention relate to a photobioreactor including photobioreactor units through which a liquid medium stream and a gas stream flow. The photobioreactor units are floated on a body of water such as a pond or a lake. The liquid medium comprises at least one species of phototrophic organism therein. Certain methods of using the photobioreactor system as part of fuel generation system and/or a gas-treatment process or system at least partially remove certain undesirable pollutants from a gas stream. In certain embodiments, the photobioreactor units are formed of flexible, deformable material and are configured to provide a substantially constant thickness of liquid medium. In certain embodiments, a barrier between the photobioreactor unit and the body of water upon which the unit is floated facilitates thermal communication between the liquid medium and the body of water.