Systems and Methods for Biological Conversion of Carbon Dioxide Pollutants into Useful Products

A method for biologically converting inorganic carbon to useful products comprising the steps of:

• containing inorganic carbon emissions from a source;
• introducing said inorganic carbon emissions from said source into a sulfide oxidation bioreactor;
• introducing oxygen into said sulfide oxidation bioreactor;
• biologically producing biomass, sulfate, and sulfites in said sulfide oxidation bioreactor;
• transferring said sulfate and said sulfites produced in said sulfide oxidation bioreactor to a sulfur reducing bioreactor;
• utilizing said sulfate and said sulfites in said sulfur reducing bioreactor;
• biologically producing biomass and hydrogen sulfide in said sulfur reducing bioreactor;
• recycling said hydrogen sulfide from said sulfur reducing bioreactor to said sulfide oxidation bioreactor;
• utilizing said recycled hydrogen sulfide in said sulfide oxidation bioreactor in said step of biologically producing said biomass, sulfate, and sulfites in said sulfide oxidation bioreactor;
• extracting at least some biomass, lipids and paraffin from said sulfide oxidation bioreactor and said sulfur reducing bioreactor;
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• producing products from said biomass, said lipids, and said paraffin extracted from said sulfide oxidation bioreactor and said sulfur reducing bioreactor.