Patent ID: 8759068

Claim:
A system for fermentation using algae comprising: at least one fermentation reactor having a first reactor section and a second reactor section, said first reactor section being a continuous stirred tank reactor, said second reactor section being a plug flow reactor; a first baffle separating said first reactor section and said second reactor section and being movable within the fermentation reactor, a dewaterer in fluid communication with said second reactor section so as to remove water from a biomass product from the fermentation reactor; a cell lysis chamber being in fluid communication with said dewaterer; a separator being in fluid communication with said cell lysis chamber; a storage tank being in fluid communication with said separator; a mixing tank being in fluid communication with said dewaterer, said cell lysis chamber, said separator, and said fermentation reactor; and an anaerobic digestor being in fluid communication with the cell lysis chamber, wherein said first reactor section has a second baffle of a variable size or shape so as to optimize the fermentation reaction within the first reactor section.