Production of biofuel using molluscan pseudofeces derived from algal cells
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for novel strategies to harvest algal lipids using mollusks which after feeding algae from the growth medium can convert algal lipids into their biomass or excrete lipids in their pseudofeces which makes algae harvesting energy efficient and cost effective. The bioconverter, filter-feeding mollusks and their pseudofeces can be harvested and converted to biocrude using an advanced thermochemical liquefaction technology. Methods, systems, and materials are disclosed for the harvest and isolation of algal lipids from the mollusks, molluscan feces and molluscan pseudofeces.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (Unites States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1176479
- Patent Number(s):
- 8252561
- Application Number:
- 12/862,246
- Assignee:
- University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, GA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12P - FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE {
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG36-08GO88144
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2010 Aug 24
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 09 BIOMASS FUELS
Citation Formats
Das, Keshav C., Chinnasamy, Senthil, Shelton, James, Wilde, Susan B., Haynie, Rebecca S., and Herrin, James A. Production of biofuel using molluscan pseudofeces derived from algal cells. United States: N. p., 2012.
Web.
Das, Keshav C., Chinnasamy, Senthil, Shelton, James, Wilde, Susan B., Haynie, Rebecca S., & Herrin, James A. Production of biofuel using molluscan pseudofeces derived from algal cells. United States.
Das, Keshav C., Chinnasamy, Senthil, Shelton, James, Wilde, Susan B., Haynie, Rebecca S., and Herrin, James A. Tue .
"Production of biofuel using molluscan pseudofeces derived from algal cells". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1176479.
@article{osti_1176479,
title = {Production of biofuel using molluscan pseudofeces derived from algal cells},
author = {Das, Keshav C. and Chinnasamy, Senthil and Shelton, James and Wilde, Susan B. and Haynie, Rebecca S. and Herrin, James A.},
abstractNote = {Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for novel strategies to harvest algal lipids using mollusks which after feeding algae from the growth medium can convert algal lipids into their biomass or excrete lipids in their pseudofeces which makes algae harvesting energy efficient and cost effective. The bioconverter, filter-feeding mollusks and their pseudofeces can be harvested and converted to biocrude using an advanced thermochemical liquefaction technology. Methods, systems, and materials are disclosed for the harvest and isolation of algal lipids from the mollusks, molluscan feces and molluscan pseudofeces.},
doi = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {2012},
month = {8}
}
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