Patent ID: 8435772
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: C05C,C05F,Y02A,Y02E,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A method of nitrogen fertilizer compound production and collection from an aquatic plant, said method comprising the steps of: placing at least one aquatic plant selected from the family Potamogetonaceae in a container containing water, creating and maintaining an anoxic condition within said water to initiate and maintain anaerobic plant metabolism to produce nitrogen compounds and inhibit aerobic plant metabolism, said aquatic plants releasing nitrogen compounds into the water during said anoxic condition, creating and maintaining an oxygenated condition within said container to stimulate aerobic plant metabolism to produce and store carbohydrates and inhibit anaerobic plant metabolism during said oxygenated condition, repeating the steps of creating and maintaining anoxic and oxygenated conditions one or more times to repeatedly release nitrogen compounds into the water, recovering nitrogen compounds from said water.