Patents Assigned to ALGAEVENTURE SYSTEMS
  • Publication number: 20120091000
    Abstract: An electrolytic filtration method and apparatus for the concentration and collection of suspended particulates from aqueous solutions is disclosed. The electrolytic cell contains at least an anode and a cathode, and in one embodiment contains a plurality of anodes and cathodes. The electrolytic cell also contains a filter, and in one embodiment the filter is a moving belt filter. While not bound by theory, the electrolytic filtration method and apparatus is based on the electrophoretic movement of algae particles suspended in an aqueous solution away from the filter under the influence of an electric field. In one embodiment the electric field is a pulsed waveform with unidirectional voltage or current pulses. In another embodiment, the electric field is a pulsed waveform with bidirectional voltage or current pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicants: FARADAY TECHNOLOGY, INC., ALGAEVENTURE SYSTEMS, PHYSICAL SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: E. Jennings Taylor, Maria I. Inman, Joseph Kell, Heather McCrabb, Anthony Ferrante, Ross Youngs, John Nicholas Meister, James Robert Cook
  • Publication number: 20120024769
    Abstract: A method for collecting matter using a matter collection Unit, as described below, provides a low energy, low cost and nearly zero pollutant process for extracting suspended and/or dissolved matter in a medium. The method collects the matter on a material when the medium is permitted to flow past the material which is disposed within a chamber, and the medium, with less suspended matter, can flow back to a medium body to permit, e.g., further growth and/or higher collection efficiency. The process can operate continuously alongside, e.g. a growth system, to harvest suspended matter until the matter is ready for extraction. Post extraction collected matter, e.g., can be converted into valuable commercial products or the process can be used to remediate a medium, such that the valuable product is a substantially cleaner medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: ALGAEVENTURE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Martin, Joel W. Quinn, Shanon Rogers