System and Method of Separating Oxygen from A Body of Water
AssigneeRaytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
InventorsBenjamin Jacob Rosenthal, Miles Rogers, Helen Scott
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Abstract
A method of separating oxygen from a body of water includes providing a colony of denitrifying bacteria submerged in the body of water. The colony of denitrifying bacteria can be used to convert at least a portion of nitrogen oxides present in the body of water to nitrogen gas. The method can also include collecting the nitrogen gas and bubbling the nitrogen gas through a portion of water from the body of water to remove dissolved oxygen from the portion of water. This can form a mixture of the nitrogen gas and oxygen gas.
Claims19
A method of separating oxygen from a body of water, comprising:
- providing a colony of denitrifying bacteria submerged in the body of water;
- using the colony of denitrifying bacteria, converting at least a portion of nitrogen oxides present in the body of water to nitrogen gas;
- collecting the nitrogen gas;
- and
- bubbling the nitrogen gas through a portion of water from the body of water to remove dissolved oxygen from the portion of water, thereby forming a mixture of the nitrogen gas and oxygen gas.
A system for separating oxygen from a body of water, comprising:
- a housing submerged or submergible in the body of water;
- a colony of denitrifying bacteria in or on the housing to convert nitrogen oxides in the body of water to nitrogen gas;
- and
- a bubbling compartment at least partially enclosed by the housing to bubble the nitrogen gas through water from the body of water to remove dissolved oxygen from the water, thereby forming a mixture of the nitrogen gas and oxygen gas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.