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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Michael Alan Kempkes, Westford, MA (US);
Ian Roth, Westford, MA (US);
Marcel Pierre Joseph Gaudreau, Lexington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Alan Kempkes, Westford, MA (US);
Ian Roth, Westford, MA (US);
Marcel Pierre Joseph Gaudreau, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Diversified Technologies, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 13/00 (2006.01); C12P 1/02 (2006.01); C12P 7/64 (2006.01); C12N 1/06 (2006.01); C11B 1/10 (2006.01); C11B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/066 (2013.01); C11B 1/10 (2013.01); C11B 3/005 (2013.01); C12N 13/00 (2013.01); C12P 7/64 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pulsed electric field method for the continuous extraction of oil and lipids from small aquatic plants, the method including providing a continuous flow of a slurry of small aquatic plants. A continuous flow of small aquatic plants is directed to a treatment zone. Pulsed electric fields are applied to the treatment zone to lyse cell walls of the small aquatic plants to enhance extraction of oil and lipids therefrom.