公开(公告)号：US07980024B2

公开(公告)日：2011-07-19

申请号：US12110178

申请日：2008-04-25

申请人： Isaac Berzin ,  Javier de Luis ,  David Fair ,  Joe Parrish ,  Keith Richtman ,  Fan Chen ,  Benjamin F. Polito ,  Miles Walker ,  Ben Fowler ,  Kevin Lockwood ,  Miguel Olaizola

发明人： Isaac Berzin ,  Javier de Luis ,  David Fair ,  Joe Parrish ,  Keith Richtman ,  Fan Chen ,  Benjamin F. Polito ,  Miles Walker ,  Ben Fowler ,  Kevin Lockwood ,  Miguel Olaizola

IPC分类号： A01G7/00 ,  C12M1/00

CPC分类号： C12M23/34 ,  C12M21/02 ,  C12M23/06 ,  C12M23/26 ,  C12M23/56 ,  C12M27/06 ,  C12M29/06 ,  C12M41/18

摘要： 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.

摘要翻译： 本发明的某些实施方案和方面涉及包含光生物反应器单元的光生物反应器，液体介质流和气体流通过该生物反应器单元流动。 光生物反应器单元漂浮在诸如池塘或湖泊的水体上。 液体介质中含有至少一种光养生物。 使用光生物反应器系统作为燃料生成系统和/或气体处理过程或系统的一部分的某些方法至少部分地从气流中去除某些不需要的污染物。 在某些实施方案中，光生物反应器单元由柔性可变形材料形成，并且构造成提供基本恒定的液体介质厚度。 在某些实施方案中，光生物反应器单元和单元浮在其上的水体之间的屏障有助于液体介质和水体之间的热连通。