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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Yoshiaki Matsuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kousuke Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Yamamura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Matsuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kousuke Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Yamamura, Tokyo, JP;
IHI CORPORATION, , JP;
Abstract
The culture device () for culturing algae includes a culture pond () including an opening () on an upper side thereof and accommodating an alga solution (M) as a culture solution containing algae; a sheet () having optical transparency and flexibility, the sheet sealing at least a portion of the opening () of the culture pond (); and a gas supply unit () used to supply high concentration COgas having a higher concentration of carbon dioxide than that of the atmosphere, between the culture pond () and the sheet (). A gas storage space (G) to store gas between a liquid surface () of the alga solution (M) and the sheet () is formed by at least part of the supplied high concentration COgas.