Lance D Delzeit;Sherwin J Gormly;Travis A Liggett;Jonathan D Trent;Michael T Flynn;Robert Baertsch;Patrick W Buckwalter;Tsegereda N Embaye
发明人:
Jonathan D Trent,Sherwin J Gormly,Tsegereda N Embaye,Lance D Delzeit,Michael T Flynn,Travis A Liggett,Patrick W Buckwalter,Robert Baertsch
申请号：
US12316557
公开号：
US08409845B2
申请日:
2008.12.05
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Methods for producing hydrocarbons, including oil, by processing algae and/or other micro-organisms in an aquatic environment. Flexible bags (e.g., plastic) with CO2/O2 exchange membranes, suspended at a controllable depth in a first liquid (e.g., seawater), receive a second liquid (e.g., liquid effluent from a “dead zone”) containing seeds for algae growth. The algae are cultivated and harvested in the bags, after most of the second liquid is removed by forward osmosis through liquid exchange membranes. The algae are removed and processed, and the bags are cleaned and reused.
