Patent ID: 8470161
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: C25B,Y02E,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A method for collecting algae and microbe generated lipids comprised of: introducing a water into a tank to a depth at a lipid port and below a vent; said water is sourced from any of a seawater, a fresh water, a brackish water or a waste water; said water has naturally occurring microbes and algae; said tank is narrower in an upper section than at a bottom end; applying a regulated electrolysis charge to said water inside the tank sufficient to result in the separation of lipids from said algae; said tank having the lipid port positioned in said upper section at a depth to remove a floating layer of said lipids; said tank having a drain near a lowest point that periodically discharges accumulated sediment; said tank having a vent near a highest point adapted to collect gasses produced by reactions inside said tank; said lipid port in liquid communication with a separator device to further isolate the lipid from any remaining water solution.