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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2013
Algenol Biofuels Inc., Bonita Springs, FL (US);
Harlan Miller, III, Fort Myers, FL (US);
George Meichel, Fort Myers, FL (US);
Edward Legere, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Edwin Malkiel, Naples, FL (US);
Robert Paul Woods, Naples, FL (US);
Oliver Ashley, Fort Myers, FL (US);
Joseph Katz, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jason Ward, Fort Myers, FL (US);
Paul Petersen, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Algenol Biotech LLC, Fort Myers, FL (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a mixing system comprising a magnetically coupled drive system and a foil for cultivating algae, or cyanobacteria, in an open or enclosed vessel. The invention provides effective mixing, low energy usage, low capital expenditure, and ease of drive system component maintenance while maintaining the integrity of a sealed mixing vessel.