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Title: Environmental photobioreactor array (EPBRA) systems and apparatus related thereto

Abstract

A system is described herein that comprises one or more modular environmental photobioreactor arrays, each array containing two or more photobioreactors, wherein the system is adapted to monitor each of the photobioreactors and/or modulate the conditions with each of the photobioreactors. The photobioreactors are also adapted for measurement of multiple physiological parameters of a biomass contained therein. Various methods for selecting and characterizing biomass are also provided. In one embodiment, the biomass is algae.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1409015
Patent Number(s):
9816065
Application Number:
13/988,893
Assignee:
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (East Lansing, MI)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12M - APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY
C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0003046
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2011 Nov 22
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Kramer, David, Zegarac, Robert, Lucker, Ben F., Hall, Christopher, Abernathy, Casey, Carpenter, Joel, and Cruz, Jeffrey. Environmental photobioreactor array (EPBRA) systems and apparatus related thereto. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
Kramer, David, Zegarac, Robert, Lucker, Ben F., Hall, Christopher, Abernathy, Casey, Carpenter, Joel, & Cruz, Jeffrey. Environmental photobioreactor array (EPBRA) systems and apparatus related thereto. United States.
Kramer, David, Zegarac, Robert, Lucker, Ben F., Hall, Christopher, Abernathy, Casey, Carpenter, Joel, and Cruz, Jeffrey. Tue . "Environmental photobioreactor array (EPBRA) systems and apparatus related thereto". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1409015.
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Photobioreactor Systems and Methods for Growing Organisms
patent-application, August 2009


Methods For Designing And Operating Photobioreactor Systems
patent-application, July 2010