Patents by Inventor Emiliano Fioravanti

Emiliano Fioravanti has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for the production of algal biomass with a high lipid content
    Patent number: 9085759
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of algal biomass with a high lipid content, comprising: (a) the production of inocula in order to effect phase (b), in photoreactors; (b) the massive cultivation of the algal biomass in open ponds, inoculated with phase (a); (c) a thickening phase of the algal biomass, effected blandly; (d) an induction phase of the lipid production, wherein modules are used consisting of photoreactors or open ponds; (e) a separation phase of the biomass with a high lipid content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: ENI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giacomo Rispoli, Emiliano Fioravanti, Renzo Bignazzi, Ezio Nicola D'Addario, Francesca De Ferra, Federico Capuano
  • Process for the cultivation of micro-algae
    Patent number: 7977085
    Abstract: Process for the cultivation of micro-algae comprising the planting of an algal strain in an aqueous environment and the growth process, under solar irradiation, by continuously feeding a gaseous stream essentially consisting of carbon dioxide and a stream of nutrients based on nitrogen, consisting of wastewater from industrial plants, coming from secondary treatment processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: ENI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giacomo Rispoli, Emiliano Fioravanti, Federico Capuano, Ezio Nicola D'Addario
  • PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALGAL BIOMASS WITH A HIGH LIPID CONTENT
    Publication number: 20110020913
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of algal biomass with a high lipid content, comprising: (a) the production of inocula in order to effect phase (b), in photoreactors; (b) the massive cultivation of the algal biomass in open ponds, inoculated with phase (a); (c) a thickening phase of the algal biomass, effected blandly; (d) an induction phase of the lipid production, wherein modules are used consisting of photoreactors or open ponds; (e) a separation phase of the biomass with a high lipid content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: ENI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giacomo Rispoli, Emiliano Fioravanti, Renzo Bignazzi, Ezio Nicola D'Addario, Francesca De Ferra, Federico Capuano
  • PROCESS FOR THE CULTIVATION OF MICRO-ALGAE
    Publication number: 20100203618
    Abstract: Process for the cultivation of micro-algae comprising the planting of an algal strain in an aqueous environment and the growth process, under solar irradiation, by continuously feeding a gaseous stream essentially consisting of carbon dioxide and a stream of nutrients based on nitrogen, consisting of wastewater from industrial plants, coming from secondary treatment processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: ENI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giacomo Rispoli, Emiliano Fioravanti, Federico Capuano, Ezio Nicola D'Addario