US 12,108,713 B1
Algae system for water treatment, bioenergy production, and resource reuse
Martin Gross, Boone, IA (US); Joseph Edward Zuback, Camarillo, CA (US); and Paul Simpson, Harlan, IA (US)
Assigned to Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc., Ames, IA (US)
Filed by Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc., Slater, IA (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/121,800.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/438,995, filed on Jan. 13, 2023.
Int. Cl. A01G 33/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 33/00 (2013.01) [C12M 21/02 (2013.01); C12M 23/26 (2013.01); C12M 23/34 (2013.01); C12M 23/48 (2013.01); C12M 23/50 (2013.01); C12M 29/00 (2013.01); C12M 33/18 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An algal growth system comprising:
a. a flexible sheet material to facilitate growth of a biofilm;
b. a liquid reservoir configured to retain a contacting liquid in contact with the flexible sheet material;
c. a mechanism to rotate the flexible sheet material through the contacting liquid;
d. an enclosure housing the flexible sheet material and the liquid reservoir; and
e. a resource reclamation device associated with the enclosure, wherein the resource reclamation device is configured to collect and provide a resource for reuse, wherein the resource reclamation device is an exhaust system, wherein the exhaust system removes air from the enclosure; and wherein the system further comprises a wet scrubber operably connected to the exhaust system.