US 12,077,738 B2
Systems and methods comprising open algae cultivation liners
Patrick L. Hanks, Bridgewater, NJ (US); Louis R. Brown, La Jolla, CA (US); and Everett J. O'Neal, Asbury, NJ (US)
Assigned to EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Spring, TX (US)
Filed by ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/198,482.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/032,763, filed on Jun. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0371787 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. C12M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC C12M 23/18 (2013.01) [C12M 21/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A joined liner for lining an open algae cultivation vessel, wherein the liner comprises a first portion joined to a second portion, the second portion joined to a third portion, the first portion lining only a first area of the open algae cultivation vessel corresponding to a bottom surface and at least a portion of an interior side wall defining a recirculation channel of the open algae cultivation vessel, the second portion lining only a second area of the open algae cultivation vessel corresponding to at least a surface of a separating divider positioned within the recirculation channel and a proximal portion of a berm contiguous with the interior side wall, and the third portion lining only a third area of the open algae cultivation vessel corresponding to a distal portion of the berm, the first portion comprising a first thickness and the second portion comprising a second thickness and the third portion comprising a third thickness, and wherein the first thickness, the second thickness, and the third thickness are different.