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US 2025/0145932 A1Published application
Sloped, shallow depth algae cultivation systems and methods
AssigneeGlobal Algae Technology, LLC
InventorsDavid A. Hazlebeck, Rodney Corpuz
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Abstract
An algae cultivation system includes generating a translating hydraulic jump wave that travels across a gas-liquid interface of an algae cultivation fluid contained in the algae cultivation system. The translating hydraulic jump wave has Froude number greater than 1.
Claims19
An algae cultivation system comprising:
- a raceway including at least one channel, the at least one channel having a sloped bottom, wherein the raceway includes one of (i) an earthen bottom or (ii) an earthen bottom and a plastic liner covering the earthen bottom, wherein the sloped bottom has a slope between 0.5% and −0.5%, and wherein the at least one channel has an algae cultivation fluid depth of 0.5 to 7 cm.
An algae cultivation system comprising:
- a raceway including at least one channel having an upward or downward gradient of less than 0.5%, and wherein the at least one channel has an algae cultivation fluid depth of 0.5 to 7 cm, wherein the raceway includes one of (i) an earthen bottom or (ii) an earthen bottom and a plastic liner covering the earthen bottom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.