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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2010
Guy Robert Babbitt, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Michael Ryan Buehner, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David Jacob Rausen, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Richard Charles Schoonover, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher Wayne Turner, Windsor, CO (US);
Kristina Weyer-geigel, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Bryan Dennis Willson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Peter Michael Young, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David Eli Sherman, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jason Charles Quinn, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Guy Robert Babbitt, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Michael Ryan Buehner, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David Jacob Rausen, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Richard Charles Schoonover, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher Wayne Turner, Windsor, CO (US);
Kristina Weyer-Geigel, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Bryan Dennis Willson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Peter Michael Young, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David Eli Sherman, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jason Charles Quinn, Fort Collins, CO (US);
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Fort Collins, CO (US);
SOLIX ALGREDIENTS, INC., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
Photobioreactors according to embodiments of the present invention deliver nutrient gas intermittently to the photobioreactor media. In some embodiments, one or more gases are delivered according to a duty cycle or timing pattern. According to some embodiments, algae is grown in a photobioreactor using intermittent introduction of carbon dioxide. In other embodiments, carbon dioxide is supplied to algae grown in a photobioreactor in whole or in part from a head space above the media of the photobioreactor.