Methods of and systems for dewatering algae and recycling water therefrom
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B01D-011/00
B01D-061/14
출원번호
US-0552131
(2012-07-18)
등록번호
US-8382986
(2013-02-26)
발명자
/ 주소
Kale, Aniket
출원인 / 주소
Heliae Development, LLC
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7인용 특허 :
64
초록▼
A method of dewatering algae and recycling water therefrom is presented. A method of dewatering a wet algal cell culture includes removing liquid from an algal cell culture to obtain a wet algal biomass having a lower liquid content than the algal cell culture. At least a portion of the liquid remov
A method of dewatering algae and recycling water therefrom is presented. A method of dewatering a wet algal cell culture includes removing liquid from an algal cell culture to obtain a wet algal biomass having a lower liquid content than the algal cell culture. At least a portion of the liquid removed from the algal cell culture is recycled for use in a different algal cell culture. The method includes adding a water miscible solvent set to the wet algal biomass and waiting an amount of time to permit algal cells of the algal biomass to gather and isolating at least a portion of the gathered algal cells from at least a portion of the solvent set and liquid of the wet algal biomass so that a dewatered algal biomass is generated. The dewatered algal biomass can be used to generated algal products such as biofuels and nutraceuticals.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of dewatering a wet algal cell culture, comprised of intact algal cells and water, comprising: a. removing a portion of the water in a first algal cell culture using a sintered metal tube filter to obtain a wet algal biomass fraction having a lower water content than the first algal cell
1. A method of dewatering a wet algal cell culture, comprised of intact algal cells and water, comprising: a. removing a portion of the water in a first algal cell culture using a sintered metal tube filter to obtain a wet algal biomass fraction having a lower water content than the first algal cell culture;b. adding a water miscible solvent set to the wet algal biomass fraction and waiting an amount of time to permit algal cells of the algal biomass fraction to gather, wherein the waiting occurs under conditions that minimize one or more of the following: the degradation, denaturation, oxidation, decomposition, and destruction of each of chlorophyll, carotenoids, and lipids;c. isolating at least a portion of the gathered algal cells from at least a portion of the water miscible solvent set and at least a portion of the water of the gathered algal cells so that a dewatered algal biomass is generated; andd. recycling at least a portion of the water isolated from the gathered algal cells-to a second algal cell culture wherein the second algal cell culture is combined with the at least a portion of the water isolated from the first algal cell culture. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising recycling at least a portion of the water removed from the first algal cell culture for use in a third algal cell culture. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the dewatered algal biomass is an algal paste or an algal cake. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the water miscible solvent set is between about 10% less or 10% more dense than water. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the water miscible solvent set comprises one or more of glycols, glycerin, acetone, acetonitrile, and alcohols. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the algal cells are not lysed by the water miscible solvent set. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the water miscible solvent is added to achieve a weight/weight solvent to biomass ratio of between about 1:1 to about 1:10. 8. A method of dewatering a wet algal cell culture, comprising: a. removing a portion of water in a first algal cell culture using at least one of a membrane, centrifugation, a sintered metal tube, dissolved gas flotation, and flocculation to obtain a wet algal biomass fraction having a lower water content than the first algal cell culture;b. adding a water miscible solvent set to the wet algal biomass fraction and waiting an amount of time to permit algal cells of the algal biomass fraction to gather, wherein the waiting occurs under conditions that minimize one or more of the following: the degradation, denaturation, oxidation, decomposition, and destruction of each of chlorophyll, carotenoids, and lipids;c. isolating at least a portion of the gathered algal cells from at least a portion of the water miscible solvent set and at least a portion of the water of the gathered algal cells so that a dewatered algal biomass is generated; andd. recycling at least a portion of the water isolated from the gathered algal cells to a second algal cell culture wherein the second algal cell culture is combined with the at least a portion of the water isolated from the first algal cell culture. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising recycling at least a portion of the water removed from the first algal cell culture for use in a third algal cell culture. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the dewatered algal biomass is an algal paste or an algal cake. 11. The method of claim 8, wherein the water miscible solvent set is between about 10% less or 10% more dense than water. 12. The method of claim 8, wherein the water miscible solvent set comprises one or more of glycols, glycerin, acetone, acetonitrile, or alcohols. 13. The method of claim 8, wherein the algal cells are not lysed by the adding of the water miscible solvent set. 14. The method of claim 8, wherein the water miscible solvent is added to achieve a weight/weight solvent to biomass ratio of between about 1:1 to about 1:10.
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