Method and device for transferring floating biomass

Abstract

Methods for transferring floating biomass from a container, the method comprising: (a) providing a container for holding said biomass and fluid, wherein said container comprises at least two horizontally aligned orifices; (b) elevating a fluid level of said fluid in said container to a height of at least one of said horizontally aligned orifices; and (c) flowing a carrier fluid through at least one of said horizontally aligned orifices to stream at least a portion of a top layer of said floating biomass out of said container and through at least one other of said horizontally aligned orifices, thereby transferring at least one layer portion of said floating biomass from said container out of said container.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.