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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2015
H R D Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abbas Hassan, Houston, TX (US);
Aziz Hassan, Houston, TX (US);
Gregory G. Borsinger, Chatham, NJ (US);
Rayford Gaines Anthony, College Station, TX (US);
H R D Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Herein disclosed is a method of generating products from microorganisms, comprising super-saturating a liquid medium with a gas consumable by the microorganisms in a high shear device operating at a shear rate of greater than 1,000,000 s−1 to produce a gas-super-saturated (GSS) medium, wherein the GSS medium maintains a GSS level for at least 10 minutes; feeding the GSS medium to microorganisms; allowing the microorganisms to grow by consuming the gas and generate products via photosynthesis or chemosynthesis; and recovering the products. In an embodiment, the microorganisms are genetically modified. In an embodiment, the microorganisms include bacteria, protozoa, algae, or fungi, or a combination thereof. In an embodiment, the gas consumable by the microorganisms is selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, air, oxygen, methane, and combinations thereof. A suitable system is also discussed in this disclosure.