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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
David Kramer, Okemos, MI (US);
Robert Zegarac, Okemos, MI (US);
Ben F. Lucker, Okemos, MI (US);
Christopher Hall, East Lansing, MI (US);
Casey Abernathy, Olalla, WA (US);
Joel Carpenter, Huntsville, AL (US);
Jeffrey Cruz, Okemos, MI (US);
David Kramer, Okemos, MI (US);
Robert Zegarac, Okemos, MI (US);
Ben F. Lucker, Okemos, MI (US);
Christopher Hall, East Lansing, MI (US);
Casey Abernathy, Olalla, WA (US);
Joel Carpenter, Huntsville, AL (US);
Jeffrey Cruz, Okemos, MI (US);
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
A system is described herein that comprises one or more modular environmental photobioreactor arrays, each array containing two or more photobioreactors, wherein the system is adapted to monitor each of the photobioreactors and/or modulate the conditions with each of the photobioreactors. The photobioreactors are also adapted for measurement of multiple physiological parameters of a biomass contained therein. Various methods for selecting and characterizing biomass are also provided. In one embodiment, the biomass is algae.