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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Pond Biofuels Inc., Scarborough, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Pond Biofuels Inc., Scarborough, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 3/00 (2013.01); C12M 21/02 (2013.01); C12M 29/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a process for effecting growth of phototrophic biomass within the reaction zone of a photobioreactor, comprising, after effecting at least a reduction in the molar rate of supply of carbon dioxide to the reaction zone of the photobioreactor, supplying a gaseous photobioreactor exhaust, that includes diatomic (or molecular) oxygen being generated by photosynthesis effected within the reaction zone by the supplied carbon dioxide, to a combustion zone of a combustor.