Patents by Inventor Peter F. HENTGES

Peter F. HENTGES 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).

  • Systems and methods for harvesting algae from photobioreactors
    Patent number: 8734805
    Abstract: A method for harvesting algae according to embodiments of the present invention includes filling a reservoir at least partially with a liquid, submerging a bag at least partially in the liquid, the bag containing media, the media comprising algae, the bag comprising a first end, a second end, a harvesting port located closer to the first end than to the second end, and a gas port, delivering gas into the bag through the gas port, and raising the second end of the bag by accumulating the gas at the second end to flow the media toward the harvesting port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: Solix Biosystems, Inc., Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Peter F. Hentges, Thomas Carroll Barlow, Jeff Tyler Penoyer, David Scott Gorham, Jason Charles Quinn, Peter Allen Letvin, Christopher Wayne Turner, Guy Robert Babbitt, Nicholas Paul Echter, James William Howland
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HARVESTING ALGAE FROM PHOTOBIOREACTORS
    Publication number: 20110120070
    Abstract: A method for harvesting algae according to embodiments of the present invention includes filling a reservoir at least partially with a liquid, submerging a bag at least partially in the liquid, the bag containing media, the media comprising algae, the bag comprising a first end, a second end, a harvesting port located closer to the first end than to the second end, and a gas port, delivering gas into the bag through the gas port, and raising the second end of the bag by accumulating the gas at the second end to flow the media toward the harvesting port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Peter F. HENTGES, Thomas Carroll BARLOW, Jeff Tyler PENOYER, David Scott GORHAM, Jason Charles QUINN, Peter Allen LETVIN, Christopher Wayne TURNER, Guy Robert BABBITT, Nicholas Paul ECHTER, James William HOWLAND