US Patent:
20130023043, Jan 24, 2013
Inventors:
Dale Hinkens - Wilmington CA, US
Assignee:
ADVANCED ALGAE, INC. - Wilmington CA
International Classification:
C12M 1/42
Abstract:
A gravity flow photobioreactor core () comprised of a support means (); a tube () that continuously runs and curls with declination about a vertical axis to form a stack () of levels () and having an inlet sparge (); a gas exchange tank () and a central feed pipe () with a sparge (). A gravity flow photobioreactor farm comprised of a bottom tank (); a pump (); a plurality of bioreactor cores () connected in series at decreasing elevations and a return pipe ().