Peter James Mueller,Jacob Michael Winiski,Meghan Anne O'Brien
申请号：
US16419868
公开号：
US20190357454A1
申请日:
2019.05.22
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
The process for producing mycelium biomaterial provides fresh oxygen to the growing mycelium biomaterial while removing waste heat and waste carbon dioxide by forced aeration through large volumes of material. In a first phase of fungal expansion, humidified air at a programmed temperature is passed upwardly and through a fungal inoculated substrate of discrete particles to allow the fungal inoculum to expand and dominate the substrate. Nutrient is added to the inoculated mixture and a second phase of fungal expansion is performed wherein humidified air at a programmed temperature is passed upwardly and through the nutrient enriched fungal inoculated substrate to allow the fungal inoculum to bond the discrete particles into a self-supporting biocomposite.The process and apparatus of the invention allows for the processing of grown materials bound by mycelium at depths of greater than 6″； and particularly in the range of from 24″； to 28″；.
