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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2015
E. Jennings Taylor, Troy, OH (US);
Maria E. Inman, Yellow Springs, OH (US);
Joseph Kell, Dayton, OH (US);
Heather Mccrabb, Kettering, OH (US);
Anthony Ferrante, Belmont, MA (US);
Ross Youngs, Dublin, OH (US);
John Nicholas Meister, Columbus, OH (US);
James Robert Cook, Dublin, OH (US);
E. Jennings Taylor, Troy, OH (US);
Maria E. Inman, Yellow Springs, OH (US);
Joseph Kell, Dayton, OH (US);
Heather McCrabb, Kettering, OH (US);
Anthony Ferrante, Belmont, MA (US);
Ross Youngs, Dublin, OH (US);
John Nicholas Meister, Columbus, OH (US);
James Robert Cook, Dublin, OH (US);
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY, INC., Clayton, OH (US);
PHYSICAL SCIENCES, INC., Andover, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for the concentration of suspended algae particles in an aqueous solution. The apparatus includes an electrolytic cell containing at least an anode and a cathode, and a filter. The electrolytic cell receives a solution containing suspended algae particles therein. A power supply is near the filter. A zone of depleted suspended algae particles is near the filter, formed under the influence of an applied electric field from the power supply.