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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2011
Christopher Wayne Turner, Windsor, CO (US);
Bryan Rhea Mccarty, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Peter Allen Letvin, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Bryan Dennis Willson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Daniel Robert Herboldsheimer, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher Wayne Turner, Windsor, CO (US);
Bryan Rhea McCarty, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Peter Allen Letvin, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Bryan Dennis Willson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Daniel Robert Herboldsheimer, Fort Collins, CO (US);
SOLIX ALGREDIENTS, INC., Fort Collins, CO (US);
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
A top reference photobioreactor system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a flexible floating photobioreactor having a buoyancy tube filled with a gas that is less dense, and a ballast tube filled with a substance, such as saltwater, that is more dense, than the liquid in which the photobioreactor floats. A top reference photobioreactor method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes controlling a depth of the top reference photobioreactor by controlling a volume and/or density of ballast in the ballast tube and/or by controlling a volume and/or density of gas in the buoyancy tube.