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AssigneeSterling Gaming, LLC
InventorSteven Ibbertson
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for enhanced biomass production by electrical waveform shaping are disclosed. The invention relates to cultivating a biological source cell in a liquid-medium bioreactor and applying a waveform regulated electric field potential to the source cell, wherein the liquid medium comprises one or more ionizable components. The waveform that regulates the applied field potential comprises a plurality of modes such that at least one mode orders an applied field potential capable of generating an ion from the ionizable component and at least one mode orders an applied field potential capable of inducing migration of the generated ion within the liquid medium. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
Claims23
A method for enhancing biomass production in a bioreactor, comprising:
- providing a liquid-medium bioreactor that comprises
- (a) a liquid-medium containment vessel having an axis and comprising a wall and a floor and containing a liquid medium, and
- (b) a first and a second electrode mounted on said wall and mutually opposed along said axis of the liquid-medium containment vessel and immersed in the liquid medium, wherein
- (i) the first electrode comprises a first electrode surface and the second electrode comprises a second electrode surface, and said first and second electrode surfaces are substantially parallel to one another, and
- (ii) the first and second electrodes are insulated from said wall and said floor of the containment vessel,
- wherein said liquid medium comprises at least one ionizable component;
- and
- applying a waveform-regulated electric field potential to at least one biological source cell within the liquid medium in the liquid-medium bioreactor,
- wherein said waveform regulated electric field potential comprises a first waveform mode field potential capable of generating at least one ion from the ionizable component when applied to the liquid medium, and a second waveform mode field potential capable of inducing migration of said ion within the liquid medium when said second waveform mode field potential is applied to the liquid medium,
- and thereby enhancing biomass production in the bioreactor.
A method for enhancing biomass production in a bioreactor, comprising:
- A. providing a liquid-medium bioreactor that comprises
- (1) a liquid-medium containment vessel having an axis and comprising a wall and a floor and containing a liquid medium, and
- (2) a first and a second electrode mounted on said wall and mutually opposed along said axis of the liquid-medium containment vessel and immersed in the liquid medium, wherein
- (a) the first electrode comprises a first electrode surface and the second electrode comprises a second electrode surface, and said first and second electrode surfaces are substantially parallel to one another, and
- (b) the first and second electrodes are insulated from said wall and said floor of the containment vessel,
- (c) said liquid medium comprises at least one ionizable component,
- (d) the liquid-medium containment vessel comprises at least one liquid-medium circulation chamber immersed in the liquid medium, said circulation chamber being in fluid communication with a separate liquid-medium reservoir,
- (e) at least one electrode of the liquid-medium containment vessel is positioned within the liquid-medium circulation chamber, said liquid-medium circulation chamber comprising
- (i) a continuous permeable membrane wall situated between the electrode and the biological source cell, and
- (ii) a conduit to said separate liquid-medium reservoir, and
- (f) said separate liquid-medium reservoir comprises
- (i) a closed tank having liquid medium therein,
- (ii) a circulating means for circulating liquid medium between the liquid-medium circulation chamber and the separate liquid-medium reservoir, and
- (iii) an ion trap in fluid communication with the interior of the tank, whereby circulation of liquid medium between the liquid-medium circulation chamber and the separate liquid-medium reservoir permits trapping of at least one ion from the liquid medium in the ion trap;
- and
- B. applying a waveform-regulated electric field potential to at least one biological source cell within the liquid medium in the liquid-medium bioreactor,
- wherein said waveform regulated electric field potential comprises a first waveform mode field potential capable of generating at least one ion from the ionizable component when applied to the liquid medium, and a second waveform mode field potential capable of inducing migration of said ion within the liquid medium when said second waveform mode field potential is applied to the liquid medium,
- and thereby enhancing biomass production in the bioreactor.
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