Photobioreactor systems positioned on bodies of water

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8859262
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13185403

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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 INC1251 AVENUE OF AMERICAS 7TH FLOOR SUITE 750 NEW YORK NY 10020

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Berzin, Isaac Newton, US 16 469
Chen, Fan Waltham, US 114 740
de, Luis Javier Cambridge, US 5 268
Fair, David Winchester, US 7 87
Fowler, Ben Somerville, US 2 63
Lockwood, Kevin Millville, US 3 68
Olaizola, Miguel Belmont, US 6 122
Parrish, Joe Cambridge, US 2 63
Polito, Benjamin F Lebanon, US 18 1300
Richtman, Keith Somerville, US 2 63
Walker, Miles Somerville, US 2 63

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