Synthetic and biologically-derived products produced using biomass produced by photobioreactors configured for mitigation of pollutants in flue gases

An integrated combustion and biomass-derived organic molecule containing product production method comprising acts of:

• burning a fuel with a combustion device to produce a combustion gas stream;
• passing the combustion gas to an inlet of an enclosed photobioreactor containing a liquid medium therein comprising at least one species of photosynthetic organisms and exposed to the sun as a source of light driving photosynthesis within the photobioreactor;
• at least partially removing at least one substance from the combustion gas with the photosynthetic organisms, the at least one substance being utilized by the organisms for growth and reproduction;
• removing at least a portion of the at least one species of photosynthetic organisms from the photobioreactor to form a biomass product;
• and
• transforming at least a portion of the biomass into a product comprising at least one organic molecule.

A method comprising acts of:

• providing a liquid medium comprising at least one species of photosynthetic organisms within an array of a plurality of photobioreactors;
• exposing at least a portion of the photobioreactors and the at least one species of photosynthetic organisms to a source of light capable of driving photosynthesis;
• harvesting at least a portion of the photosynthetic organisms from the bioreactors to form biomass;
• and
• converting at least a portion of the biomass into a product comprising at least one organic molecule.

An integrated combustion and biomass-derived organic molecule containing product production method comprising acts of:

• burning a fuel with a combustion device to produce a combustion gas stream;
• passing the combustion gas to an inlet of an array of a plurality of photobioreactors containing a liquid medium therein comprising at least one species of photosynthetic organisms and exposed to a source of light capable of driving photosynthesis within the photobioreactors;
• at least partially removing at least one substance from the combustion gas with the photosynthetic organisms, the at least one substance being utilized by the organisms for growth and reproduction;
• removing at least a portion of the at least one species of photosynthetic organisms from the photobioreactors to form a biomass product;
• and
• transforming at least a portion of the biomass into a product comprising at least one organic molecule.