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7176024 |
Bioreactor for growing biological materials supported on a liquid surface
A bioreactor assembly of the present invention for holding a media and supporting growth of a plurality of plants. The assembly includes a light source and a container having a light transmissive...
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7080478 |
Technology for cultivation of Porphyra and other seaweeds in land-based sea water ponds
The present invention provides unique technology, systems and methods of cultivating different types of seaweeds, including, but not limited to, Porphyra (Nori), Laminaria, Undaria, Eucheuma,...
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6936459 |
Medium for the production of betacarotene and other carotenoids from dunaliella salina (ARL 5) and a strain of dunaliella salina for production of carotenes using the novel media
The invention relates to the development of a novel medium starting from fresh water using a salt solution complex comprising a non conventional salt, namely KCl and conventional salts such as NaCl...
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6896804 |
System and method for remediation of waste
A system and method are provided for aerobic treatment of waste, such as animal or human waste. The method includes the continual introduction of microalgae. The high amounts of oxygen produced by...
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6698134 |
Method of cultivating fresh spirulina at home and device thereof
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for cultivating and consuming fresh Spirulina at home. The method comprises species selection of Spirulina for cultivation at home,...
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6635177 |
Reclaiming water and usable brine concentrate from domestic sewage
A method of processing sewage. Non-biodegradable solids are first removed from the sewage for separate disposal. The sewage is then introduced to the bottom of a fermentation cell designed to...
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6579714 |
Method of culturing algae capable of producing phototrophic pigments, highly unsaturated fatty acids, or polysaccharides at high concentration
The present invention relates to a method for cultivation and manufacturing efficiently algae containing useful substances in cells thereof in a high concentration. According to conventional...
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6572770 |
Apparatus and method for harvesting and collecting attached algal communities
An apparatus and method for harvesting aquatic plant biomass, and more particularly, to a system and method for harvesting attached algal communities or algal turf whereby water is utilized to...
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6524486 |
Microalgae separator apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for separating microalgae from water without rupturing cells. The method comprises the steps of flocculation, flotation and dehydration. Microalgae suspension from a...
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6490824 |
Method for culturing a basidiomycetous fungus in a liquid culture medium
Disclosed is an efficient method for culturing an edible basidiomycetous fungus such as Mushroom Agaricus Blazei Murill in a liquid culture medium to give fungus aggregates of several centimeter...
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6440367 |
Method of sequestering carbon dioxide with a fertilizer comprising chelated iron
A method of sequestering carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in an ocean comprises testing an area of the surface of a deep open ocean in order to determine both the nutrients that are missing and the diffusion...
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6370815 |
Photoreaction
Photosynthetic organisms are grown in a tube having a gas inlet at one end and a gas outlet at the other. The tube containing a rotor having vanes adapted to wipe the inside surface, the tube being...
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6348347 |
Fine algae culture device
This invention relates to a culture device of a domed shape, a conical shape, or a cylindrical shape of a closed type used for culture of microalgae, and a gas discharge device set so as to be...
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6287852 |
Photosynthetic culture apparatus and group of photosynthesis culture apparatuses
A photosynthetic culture system has a culture bath holding an fluid containing plant microorganisms, carbon dioxide supplying means for supplying carbon dioxide to the fluid in the culture bath,...
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6228136 |
Cyanobacterial inoculants for land reclamation
Materials inoculated with cyanobacteria are used to reclaim land. Methods and apparatus for making and disseminating cyanobacteria inoculants are disclosed. A thin-film growth method may be used to...
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6200530 |
Method of sequestering carbon dioxide with spiral fertilization
A method of sequestering carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in an ocean comprises testing an area of the surface of a deep open ocean in order to determine both the nutrients that are missing and the diffusion...
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6199317 |
Materials for growing algae and artificial fishing banks
Vitreous, algae growing materials, release stably ferrous ions, over long periods of time. The duration of ion release can be controlled as desired by adjusting the particle size of the materials....
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6136329 |
Compositions and methods relating to intra-lamellar gels from algae
Although compositions from seaweed have long been sought after for beneficial properties for the skin, the ability to produce efficacious compositions has been elusive. An intra-lamellar gel,...
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6083740 |
System for purifying a polluted air by using algae
A system for purifying a polluted air by using algae such as Spirulina is capable of reducing carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), nitrogen oxide (NO x ) and/or sulfur oxide (SO x ) in the polluted air and...
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6079153 |
Method for decreasing hydrophobicity of peat, bark and rock-wool, soilless mixes used for plant growth, promoting easier, faster and more even watering of such mixes without plant injury and providing residual activity for future watering
A novel and improved method for relieving hydrophobicity of peat moss, bark and rockwool used in horticultural media for plant propagation using an effective level of a composition consisting of...
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6056919 |
Method of sequestering carbon dioxide
A method of sequestering carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in an ocean comprises testing an area of the surface of a deep open ocean in order to determine the nutrients that are missing, applying to the area...
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6037170 |
Apparatus for culturing microalgae
An apparatus for culturing microalgae is characterized by comprising: (1) a waterway a to be filled with a suspension containing a culture solution and microalgae and adapted to be irradiated...
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6033559 |
Compositions and methods of use of constructed microbial mats
Compositions, methods and devices for bioremediation that comprise components of constructed microbial mats with organic and inorganic materials are described. The compositions, methods and devices...
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6013525 |
Iron enriched duckweed extract
A process for the enrichment of selected mineral content of a higher plant comprising, cultivating a plant in soil-free growth medium; introducing selected minerals into a liquid component of...
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6008028 |
Compositions of constructed microbial mats
Compositions and methods of use of constructed microbial mats, comprising cyanobacteria and purple autotrophic bacteria and an organic nutrient source, in a laminated structure, are described. The...
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6000551 |
Method for rupturing microalgae cells
A method for rupturing microalgae in an aqueous suspension is disclosed. In one embodiment the aqueous suspension is passed through a constriction into a liquid phase at a pressure sufficient to...
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5992089 |
Process for sequestering into the ocean the atmospheric greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by means of supplementing the ocean with ammonia or salts thereof
The present invention provides a method for removing CO 2 from the atmosphere. The method comprises the step of delivering a source of nitrogen to the mixed layer of the ocean to cause an increase...
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5981271 |
Process of outdoor thin-layer cultivation of microalgae and blue-green algae and bioreactor for performing the process
Process of outdoor thin-layer cultivation of algae in which suspension of algae saturated with carbon dioxide and enriched with necessary nutrients, is distributed on inclined cultivation areas...
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5965117 |
Water-bouyant particulate materials containing micronutrients for phytoplankton
Water-buoyant compositions comprising a source of micronutrients for photosynthetic phytoplankton growth are useful for stimulating photosynthetic phytoplankton growth in ocean areas devoid of such...
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5958761 |
Bioreactor and system for improved productivity of photosynthetic algae
A bioreactor for improved productivity of photosynthetic algae includes a tubular housing surrounding a tubular envelope located therein. The housing and envelope define a space therebetween to be...
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5951875 |
Adsorptive bubble separation methods and systems for dewatering suspensions of microalgae and extracting components therefrom
A process and system are disclosed for recovering mixed carotenoids from the alga Dunaliella salina. The harvested cells are ruptured, typically by circulating the algal suspension at high pressure...
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5910254 |
Method for dewatering microalgae with a bubble column
A process for dewatering an aqueous suspension of microalgae is disclosed in which the aqueous suspension of the algae is introduced into a bubble column or a modified bubble column for generating...
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5882849 |
Method of control of Haematococcus spp, growth process
A control method for operating aqueous Haematococcus spp., such as H. pluvialis, microorganism growth processes is disclosed which can maintain viable growth conditions of this microorganism which...
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5846423 |
Method for water purification by culturing and harvesting attached algal communities
A method for purifying water includes the steps of establishing a floway for water that has originated in a waterway. The sides of the floway are bounded by a pair of curbs that are disposed in a...
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5820759 |
Integrated aquaculture and bioremediation system and method
An integrated aquaculture system and method are provided that include interrelated and symbiotic modules for adaptively bioremediating wastewater, producing food in the form of fish, and producing...
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5809693 |
Microbial isolates promote phytoremediation
Methods and compositions or enhancing metal uptake of plants, such as members of the family Brassicaceae, comprise treating the roots, plants, seeds, and/or soil in which the plants are grown, with...
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5799440 |
Floating island with water-purifying effect, plant-cultivation bag and method for purifying water
A floating island with a water-purifying effect of the present invention has a floating body and an agent container. The floating body includes a planter made of a foamed resin, soil contained in...
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5776349 |
Method for dewatering microalgae with a jameson cell
Methods are disclosed for dewatering an aqueous suspension of microalgae, especially Dunaliella salina, with a Jameson cell. The algal cells are ruptured sufficiently to promote froth flotation of...
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5682709 |
Method for recycling carbon dioxide for enhancing plant growth
A method of recycling carbon dioxide for enhancing plant growth. The method comprising the steps of collecting carbon dioxide-containing gas, depositing the carbon dioxide-containing gas into an...
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5670046 |
Treatment of nutrient-rich water
A multistage treatment system for treating nutrient-rich water containing nitrogen compounds, phosphorous compounds, and other minerals. Three or more vessels or stages typically constitute the...
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5636472 |
Apparatus for the continuous cultivation of aquatic macrophytes
An apparatus for cultivating macrophytes grown on the water surface in a circular basin structure containing a channel of plant growth nutrients water spiraling from the basin structure periphery...
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5614378 |
Photobioreactors and closed ecological life support systems and artifificial lungs containing the same
A photobioreactor system for efficient oxygen production for a closed ecological life support system (CELSS) is disclosed. Special features of this system include, e.g., the optical transmission...
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5614097 |
Compositions and method of use of constructed microbial mats
Compositions and methods of use of constructed microbial mats, comprising cyanobacteria and purple autotrophic bacteria and an organic nutrient source, in a laminated structure, are described. The...
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5591341 |
Method and system for water bioremediation utilizing a conical attached algal culture system
A conical floway culture system for cleansing water of pollutants is presented that has a downward slope between the central region and the outer edge and a wall for retaining water within the...
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5585544 |
Method of causing somatic hybridization between two species of algae
A method of causing somatic cell hybridization between two species of algae by growing somatic algal tissue from each of the two species of algae in close proximity, in a nutrient solution, and...
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5573669 |
Method and system for water purification by culturing and harvesting attached algal communities
A floway for cleansing water of pollutants is presented that has an upstream weir wherein water to be cleansed is admitted, a downstream weir wherefrom water is discharged, and curbs extending...
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5567221 |
Compositions and methods for use in aquaculture
Controlled release fertilizer compositions which release fertilizer at a controlled rate over an extended period of time are employed in aquaculture treatment methods whereby nutrients are...
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5541056 |
Method of control of microorganism growth process
A control method for operating aqueous microorganism growth processes is disclosed which can maintain viable growth conditions for many types of microorganisms which have heretofore not been easily...
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5536398 |
Algal filter for water treatment
An algal filter that purifies and oxygenates aquarium water comprises an elongated box with an inlet and an outlet at opposing ends with supports along the interior of the bottom wall. Trays having...
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5527456 |
Apparatus for water purification by culturing and harvesting attached algal communities
A floway for cleansing the water of a waterway containing nutrients and other pollutants, utilizing growing attached algal turf, the floway utilizing at least two elongate curbs spaced apart in a...
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