Composite materials promoting the catchment and attachment of seaweed holdfasts
AssigneeW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorsNorman E. Clough, Eric Dufford, Varendra N. Silva
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Abstract
Some aspects of the disclosure relate to composite materials and cultivation systems with particular utility for use in aquaculture, for example cultivating various species of seaweed. The systems comprise at least one highly tortuous and often micro-fibrous material and at least one material having low tortuosity. These systems may be configured in a variety of shapes and associated with a number of different structures. Some of these composite materials and cultivation systems may be used in both direct and indirect seeding of macroalgae plants such as seaweed.
Claims2
A composite material for growing macroalgae, the composite material comprising:
- at least one first highly tortuous component having an average pore size of between about 1 μm to about 200 μm;
- and
- at least one second component, the second component having low tortuosity, wherein at least one portion of the second component is in contact with at least one portion of a surface of the at least one first highly tortuous component, and the highly tortuous component is at least 5 times more tortuous than is the second component having low tortuosity.
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