公开(公告)号：US20210204500A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17082074

申请日：2020-10-28

Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company

Inventor： Anjaneya S Kovvali ,  Everett J O'Neal ,  Patrick L Hanks ,  Mark A Deimund ,  Vinit Choudhary ,  Yesim Igci ,  Louis R Brown

IPC: A01G33/00

Abstract: A submersible device submersible within an algae slurry contained within a pond of an algae bioreactor, the submersible device including a drive motor operable to actuate one or more driven devices that move the submersible device within the pond, a circulation device operable to circulate the algae slurry through the submersible device and discharge the algae slurry back into the pond from a discharge port provided on the submersible device, and a computer system that controls operation of the drive motor and the circulation device.

公开(公告)号：US20210163871A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-03

申请号：US17082099

申请日：2020-10-28

Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company

Inventor： Mark A Deimund ,  Patrick L Hanks ,  Everett J O'Neal ,  Louis R Brown

IPC: C12M1/26 ,  B01D46/54 ,  C12N1/12 ,  C12M1/00 ,  B01F3/04

Abstract: Systems and methods for cultivating and harvesting algal biomass using cultivation vessels having integrated therewith one or more harvesting systems. Algae cells are cultivated in a cultivation system and concentrated algal biomass is collected using the integrated one or more harvesting systems. The integrated cultivating and harvesting systems reduce costs, energy, and time compared to traditional harvesting methods.