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Abstract

A system and method for creating a useful carbon-enriched media in a reactor which will assimilate carbon into an algae biomass, requires measuring a respective carbon concentration of the media, C_(measured), as it enters, and as it leaves the reactor. Operationally, desired carbon concentration values are preset, C_(set), and are provided along with values obtained for C_(measured) as input to a system controller. Respective differentials between C_(measured) and C_(set) at the reactor's input and output ports are determined by the controller and are used to control a volumetric fluid flow rate of the media through the reactor. Specifically, the controller establishes a volumetric fluid flow rate of the media as it is passed through an absorber where the media is carbon-enriched by interaction with combustion gases from an external source (e.g. a power plant).

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