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US 2014/0193898 A1Published application
System for producing a biogas
AssigneeSsb International, LLC
InventorsMichael J. SMITH, Edward William GAINE
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Abstract
A method for producing a biogas is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a polyculture of aquatic plants to a growth system; continuously providing water, carbon dioxide, air and nutrients to the polyculture contained within the growth system; growing the polyculture for a time sufficient to produce an aquatic plant-based biomass; withdrawing a portion of the aquatic plant-based biomass contained within the growth system; and treating the withdrawn aquatic plant-based biomass to produce a biogas.
Claims6
A system for producing a biogas comprising
- a plurality of growing trays containing water and a polyculture of aquatic plants, the plurality of growing trays being configured to continuously receive water, carbon dioxide, air and nutrients until a biomass is produced;
- a harvesting system configured to harvest a portion of the biomass contained in at least one of the plurality of growing trays;
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- a gasifier comprising a pyrolysis chamber and a combustion chamber, the pyrolysis chamber being arranged within an interior of the combustion chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.