Photobioreactor systems positioned on bodies of water

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7980024
APP PUB NO 20090130706A1
SERIAL NO

12110178

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Certain embodiments and aspects of the present invention relate to a photobioreactor including photobioreactor units through which a liquid medium stream and a gas stream flow. The photobioreactor units are floated on a body of water such as a pond or a lake. The liquid medium comprises at least one species of phototrophic organism therein. Certain methods of using the photobioreactor system as part of fuel generation system and/or a gas-treatment process or system at least partially remove certain undesirable pollutants from a gas stream. In certain embodiments, the photobioreactor units are formed of flexible, deformable material and are configured to provide a substantially constant thickness of liquid medium. In certain embodiments, a barrier between the photobioreactor unit and the body of water upon which the unit is floated facilitates thermal communication between the liquid medium and the body of water.

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  • IHI INC.;ALGAE SYSTEMS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Berzin, Isaac Jerusalem, IL 15 461
Chen, Fan Santa Clara, US 98 609
de, Luis Javier Cambridge, US 5 260
Fair, David Winchester, US 6 80
Fowler, Ben Somerville, US 2 59
Lockwood, Kevin Millville, US 3 64
Olaizola, Miguel San Diego, US 6 118
Parrish, Joe Cambridge, US 2 59
Polito, Benjamin F Lebanon, US 18 1260
Richtman, Keith Boston, US 2 59
Walker, Miles Somerville, US 2 59

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