Methods and materials for cultivation and/or propagation of a photosynthetic organism
AssigneeForeLight, Inc.
InventorsAdam Flynn, Jeff Kantarek
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods and materials for the cultivation and/or propagation of a photosynthetic organism. Such methods may comprise the use of a lamp assembly that comprises a plurality of circuit boards, each comprising at least three edges, arranged in a substantially spherical shape defining an interior lamp assembly volume, wherein the plurality of circuit boards comprise a first planar surface in contact with the interior lamp assembly volume and an opposing second planar surface comprising light emitting diodes (LEDs); and a barrier that surrounds the plurality of circuit boards forming the substantially spherical shape.
Claims20
A photobioreactor for cultivation and/or propagation of a photosynthetic organism, comprising:
- a.) a substantially spherical vessel having a wall defining an interior vessel volume;
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- b.) a single liquid-submersible lamp assembly positioned within and at a center of the interior vessel volume, wherein the lamp assembly comprises:
- a substantially spherical light source comprising a plurality of circuit boards arranged in a substantially spherical shape that defines an interior light source volume, wherein the plurality of circuit boards comprise a first planar surface facing radially inward toward the interior light source volume and an opposing second planar surface facing radially outward away from the interior light source volume, the second planar surface comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs);
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- a substantially spherical light source barrier that is radially outward of the substantially spherical light source, said substantially spherical light source barrier comprising a channel fluidically coupling an interior volume of the substantially spherical light source barrier with an exterior of the substantially spherical vessel, wherein the first planar surface of the plurality of circuit boards comprises a metal layer for dissipation of heat from the plurality of LEDs.
A photobioreactor configured to contain a photosynthetic organism, comprising:
- a substantially spherical vessel comprising a wall defining an interior vessel volume;
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- a submersible lamp assembly positioned within and at an intermediate portion of the interior vessel volume, wherein the lamp assembly comprises:
- a light source comprising circuit boards, the circuit boards being coupled to one another to form a shape defining an interior light source volume, wherein the circuit boards comprise a first planar surface facing toward the interior light source volume and an opposing second planar surface facing radially outward away from the interior light source volume, the light source comprising light emitting diodes (LEDs);
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- a light source barrier radially outward of the light source, the light source barrier comprising a channel fluidically coupling an interior volume of the light source barrier to an exterior of the substantially spherical vessel, wherein the first planar surface of the plurality of circuit boards comprises a material configured to dissipate heat from the LEDs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.