Patent ID: 8969074
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B01D,C12M,Y02A,Y02C,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A bioaccelerator comprising: (a) a biomass converter comprising an enclosed chamber having translucent walls that define a cavity within which to contain a plankton containing liquid culture medium, the chamber having an upper octagonal reservoir, a lower octagonal reservoir and a central part disposed between the upper and lower reservoirs, the central part having a circular cross-section and a cross-sectional area less than the cross sectional areas of each of the upper and lower reservoirs whereby an assembly comprising a plurality of the biomass converters can be disposed in a beehive or module arrangement with upper octagonal reservoirs of adjacent biomass converters in contact and with lower octagonal reservoirs of adjacent biomass converters in contact to form gaps between the biomass converters through which light can pass to achieve continuous and homogenous light diffusion in each of the plurality of biomass converters of the assembly; (b) an inlet for inflow of culture medium into the chamber; (c) an inlet for inflow of carbon dioxide gas into the chamber; and (d) an outlet from which to discharge biomass from the chamber whereby, in use, plankton contained within the chamber can convert carbon dioxide gas into biomass by photosynthesis.