APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GROWING BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS FOR FUEL AND OTHER PURPOSES,申请号EP20070797401-传众专利搜索

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GROWING BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS FOR FUEL AND OTHER PURPOSES

申请公布号：EP2016166(A4)

申请号：EP20070797401

申请日期：2007.05.10

申请公布日期：2012.05.09

申请人：

OHIO UNIVERSITY

发明人：BAYLESS, DAVID, J.;VIS-CHIASSON, MORGAN LEFAY;STUART, BEN;KREMER, GREGORY G.

分类号：C12M1/00

主分类号：C12M1/00

摘要：<p>A bioreactor apparatus in which a container has sidewalls, a floor and a ceiling defining a chamber that contains a slurry of water, nutrients and photosynthetic microorganisms. A plurality of optical fibers, each of which has a first end disposed outside the chamber and a second end in the mixture. A light collector spaced from the container has light incident on it and focuses the light onto the first ends of the plurality of optical fibers, thereby permitting the light to be conveyed into the mixture to promote photosynthesis. At least one nozzle is in fluid communication with a source of gas, such as exhaust gas from a fossil-fuel burning power plant containing carbon dioxide. The nozzle is disposed in the mixture beneath the second ends of the optical fibers for injecting the gas into the mixture.</p>