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US 8,800,202 B2Granted
Bioreactor
AssigneeConverted Carbon Technologies Corp.
InventorRichard J. Rusiniak
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Abstract
Biomass production apparatus is disclosed and comprises a stack of trays, each tray, in use, being in receipt of a respective layer of liquid, the layers being spaced apart from one another such that each layer has associated therewith a respective headspace. Light sources are provided for each layer and are disposed in the headspace associated with said each layer, to illuminate, at least in part, said each layer.
Claims4
A production facility comprising:
- a plurality of trays;
- for each tray, a layer of liquid having a surface, each tray being in receipt of the layer for which said tray is provided, the trays being spaced such that each layer has associated therewith a respective headspace;
- and
- light sources for each layer and which are disposed in the headspace associated with said each layer, to illuminate, at least in part, said each layer,
- wherein the light sources are defined in part, by light pipes which receive sunlight in use, each of said light pipes terminating in an emitter;
- and
- the light sources are further defined in part by lamps which deliver artificially produced light.
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A production facility comprising:
- a greenhouse;
- a plurality of trays disposed in the greenhouse in stacked, spaced relation to one another such that each tray has associated therewith a respective headspace;
- a plurality of layers each containing water, nutrients, dissolved carbon dioxide and algae, the layers being provided one for each tray such that each tray is in receipt of the layer provided therefor;
- and
- light sources disposed in the headspaces, each light source illuminating the associated layer beneath, said light sources comprising LED lights,
- wherein said light sources are adapted such that, on a dark night, each light source illuminates the respective layer beneath through the full depth of the layer;
- and,
- said trays decrease in size as the stack progresses upwardly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.