2393results about "Seaweed cultivation" patented technology

A method and apparatus for extracting CO₂ from air comprising an anion exchange material formed in a matrix exposed to a flow of the air, and for delivering that extracted CO₂ to controlled environments. The present invention contemplates the extraction of CO2 from air using conventional extraction methods or by using one of the extraction methods disclosed; e.g., humidity swing or electro dialysis. The present invention also provides delivery of the CO₂ to greenhouses where increased levels of CO₂ will improve conditions for growth. Alternatively, the CO₂ is fed to an algae culture.

A method for cultivating algae can include providing a body of water in a substantially enclosed system. The enclosed system can have a length of channel and a cover. The method can optionally include circulating the body of water through the enclosed system under positive pressure conditions. The positive pressure should prevent ingress of any external atmosphere or material. Further, the method can include cultivating the algae in the body of water at conditions which promote growth. Likewise, a system for cultivating algae can include a channel with a cover, water in the channel, and a pump to introduce positive pressure into the system.

Novel closed system methods and apparatus for the production and utilization of algae are disclosed. A substantially pure form of a desired strain of alga is obtained and cultivated (or isolated and grown). The desired species of alga is isolated from the contaminants and other algae and placed in the controlled environment where its growth is cultivated without contaminants. At desired points in time, a portion of the cultivated alga is removed, with the remainder serving as progenitor stock for growing more of the desired alga. The removed alga is processed and placed in product form.

Provided herein are systems and methods for producing eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and/or derivatives and/or mixtures thereof by growing algae that produce the oils containing EPA and/or DHA and/or derivatives and/or mixtures thereof, harvesting the algae with fish in one or more enclosed systems, and then processing fish to separate and purify the EPA and/or DHA. The multi-trophic systems provided herein comprise at least one enclosure that contains the algae and the fishes, and means for controllably feeding the algae to the fishes. Also provided herein are the lipid compositions extracted from the fishes.

The invention discloses a composite type artificial algal reef comprising a mature algal reef and a seedling reef. The mature algal reef comprises a solid base. The upper surface of the solid base is embedded with a metal frame, wherein the shape of the metal frame is identical to that of the upper surface of the solid base and the size of the metal frame is identical to that of the upper surface of the solid base. A conch net bag is arranged in the metal frame. The center of the upper surface is embedded with a metal stand column. A steel ring is welded to the upper end of the stand column. A plurality of seedling ropes are fixed between the metal frame and the steel ring. The seedling reef is fixed to the side face of the solid base of the mature algal reef, and algal seedlings are attached to the seedling reef. By the adoption of the composite type artificial algal reef, the attaching effect of alga is guaranteed, the repair period of an algae field is shortened, the success rate of repair and reconstruction of the algae field is improved, the adhesive rate of the seedlings is increased, and the seedling reef is firm, durable, small in size, light, and convenient to carry; the net bag made of waste conches is placed in the metal frame, and a biophile reef can be composed through diffusion and attachment of spores of fronds on the seedling ropes; resource utilization of the waste conches is achieved, and composite type artificial algal reef has the advantages of being economical and easy and convenient to use.

A treatment method for wastewater employing sulfur dioxide and lime chemical dewatering technology in conjunction with an environmental photo biomass/algae biological treatment system growing photo biomass/algae to reduce dissolved solids, heavy metals, and ammonia in the wastewater to produce recovered treated wastewater for vegetation consumption, biofuel feedstock, and biofuel and carbon credits.

A raft culture system capable of controlling a water layer consists of a boom rope, a balance floating ball string, an anchor rope, a fixed floating ball, a water layer regulation floating ball, a depth regulation rope, a balancing weight, a stake anchor and the like. The boom rope is provided with the balance floating ball string and the depth regulation rope; the water layer regulation floating ball is tied to the upper end of the depth regulation rope, and the balancing weight is tied to the lower end of the depth regulation rope; the culture water layer is controlled by controlling the length of the depth regulation rope; submergence of the boom rope is favorable for improving wind and wave resistance of the raft system in stormy weather and adapted to requirements of different cultured objects for the culture water layer. The system has simple machining process, convenient operation, long service life, is favorable for wide popularization and is adapted to the requirements for moving the raft facility culture offshore.

The invention discloses a river crab integrated culture method in ponds. The river crab integrated culture method in the ponds comprises the following steps of preparing the ponds; equipping the ponds with escape-proof facilities, water inlet and drainage facilities and bottom aeration facilities; breeding snails, river crabs, freshwater shrimps, dark sleepers and Aristichthysnobilis; planting aquatic plants; feeding feedstuff; managing water quality and sloughing. According to the river crab integrated culture method in the ponds, the ecological layout is adjusted, the self-purifying capacity of the ponds is improved, the pressure exerted on creatures by eutrophication of a water environment and the ponds can be released, the ecological balance and the stabilization of the water quality can be kept, and accordingly the disease incidence are reduced and the foundation for achieving high and stable yields is laid; meanwhile, existing culture facilities are fully taken advantages of, the comprehensive productivity of the ponds is improved, and accordingly the overall economic benefits are improved. The river crab integrated culture method in the ponds is beneficial to utilizing solar energy and the feedstuff to the utmost, preventing diseases and improving the capacity of resisting natural and market risks. Through the embodiment of the river crab integrated culture method in the ponds, the disease incidence of the crabs cultured in the ponds can be reduced, and the culture loss and culture risks can be reduced. The predicted comprehensive benefits of the culture can be improved, and meanwhile the pollution of the ecological environment of a water area caused by the culture can be reduced.

Materials and methods are provided for growing algae while maintaining culture selectivity. Algae that can be grown include, for example, green algae such as those of the genus Scenedesmus. Lipid obtained from the algae can be used to produce biofuels such as biodiesel or polyunsaturated fatty acids such as omega-3 fatty acids. Feedstocks such as animal feed and aquaculture feed can also be produced as can phytonutrients such as asataxanthin and beta-carotene.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to algae cultivation systems and methods. In an embodiment, an algae cultivation system is included. The algae cultivation system can include a cultivation tank, a plurality of light transmitting elements configured to be at least partially submerged in a liquid medium disposed within the cultivation tank, wherein the light transmitting elements increase the effective surface area of the liquid medium exposed to light, and a plurality of gas injectors configured to emit gas into the liquid medium. In an embodiment a method of culturing algae is included. The method can include measuring the amount of carbon dioxide in a cultivation system and modulating the amount of light being supplied to the cultivation system based on the measured amount of carbon dioxide. In an embodiment, a method of culturing algae can include measuring the amount of light being input into a cultivation system and modulating the amount of carbon dioxide being supplied to the cultivation system based on the measured amount of light. Other embodiments are also described herein.

The present method transfers carbon dioxide in increased concentrations using perfluorodecalin for growth of algae in a photobioreactor. First, a perfluorodecalin solution is provided and mixed with a biological growth medium and a surfactant. The biological growth medium, perfluorodecalin solution, and surfactant mixture are then emulsified by circulation in a high-pressure emulsifier. The emulsified biological growth medium, perfluorodecalin solution, and surfactant mixture are then added to a photobioreactor containing algae capable of photosynthetically utilizing carbon dioxide. After adding carbon dioxide to the photobioreactor, the carbon dioxide dissolves in the perfluorodecalin solution at a higher concentration than in the growth medium. Conditions sufficient for the algae to perform photosynthesis using carbon dioxide from the perfluorodecalin solution are maintained thereby increasing the growth rate of the algae in increased concentration of carbon dioxide due to the increased solubility of carbon dioxide in the perfluorodecalin solution.

An apparatus for carrying out algae intensive-cultivation while conducting an environmental control most suitable for growth of algae in an artificial environment including dissolved gas, light, temperature, nutrient source and sanitary atmosphere; and a method of intensive cultivation therewith. There is provided an apparatus comprising water tank (1) for cultivating unialgae as seedling; gas dissolution diffusion units (3-a, 3-b) for achieving dissolution of a gas in a culture water of the water tank; light irradiation units (10, 11) for irradiating the water tank with light whose wavelength and illuminance are controlled; temperature control unit (20) for controlling the temperature of the culture water of the water tank so as to fall within a given range; nutrient salts adding unit (17) for adding to the water tank a nutrient liquid containing an essential nutrient source vital to the growth of algae; purification unit (12) for carrying out bacterial eradication and filtration of the culture water of the water tank; and meters for control of the above units.

The present disclosure describes use of filamentous algae to form insulating construction materials which provide thermal and noise insulation. Algae from the order Zygnematales, the Cladophorales, or the Ulotrichales can be dried and formed for use as insulating material. Algae mass can be combined into several layers, using a binder to attach the layers to each other. A composite material of algae mass and an additive can be used and form the body of insulation panels having honeycomb-shaped chambers, which are sealed by a foil that is laminated onto the body.

Various plants for cultivating algae for use in construction material are disclosed. Plants utilizing gravity harvest comprise cultivation ponds located at a slope, wherein the ponds can be opened to allow algae and water to flow downhill through a collector grill. Plants utilizing net harvest, overflow harvest or rake harvest are described. Carbon dioxide injection concepts utilizing direct and indirect injection of carbon dioxide into algae cultivation ponds are disclosed. An algae harvesting machine is disclosed. Control concepts for controlling the growth of algae in an algae cultivation plant are described.

The present invention relates to a method of manipulating the physiological state of algae cultured in raceway ponds by altering one or more environmental parameter to simulate algal bloom forming conditions and to raceway ponds suitable for culturing algae according to the present invention. The alteration of the one or more environmental parameters in a specifically timed manner can be used to induce and maintain synchronous cell division.

System and methods for monitoring the growth of an aquatic plant culture and detecting real-time characteristics associated with the aquatic plant culture aquatic plants. The systems and methods may include a control unit configured to perform an analysis of at least one image of an aquatic plant culture. The analysis may include processing at least one collected image to determine at least one physical characteristic or state of an aquatic plant culture. Systems and methods for distributing aquatic plant cultures are also provided. The distribution systems and methods may track and control the distribution of an aquatic plant culture based on information received from various sources. Systems and methods for growing and harvesting aquatic plants in a controlled and compact environment are also provided. The systems may include a bioreactor having a plurality of vertically stacked modules designed to contain the aquatic plants and a liquid growth medium.

Quantum dot (QD) LEDs useful for plant, algael and photosynthetic bacterial growth applications. The QD LEDs utilizes a solid state LED (typically emitting blue or UV light) as the primary light source and one or more QD elements as a secondary light source that down-converts the primary light. The emission profile of the QD LED can be tuned to correspond to the absorbance spectrum of one or more photosynthetic pigments of the organism.

A system for the production and harvesting of algae including one or more of the following components: A turbulator for dissolving carbon dioxide in water to form an algae growth media, a photobioreactor having a serpentine flow path for the algae growth media through spaced apart high and low baffles with an associated light source, a dewatering device for the algae slurry harvested from the photobioreactor, a turbulator for breaking up the cells in the algae sludge coming off the dewatering device, a cooker for cooking the broken up algae cells under pressure and a settling tank for separating the cooked cells into oil, spent media and biomass fractions.

In algae, the conditions for optimal production of biomass are different than the optimal conditions for oil/lipid production. Conventional processes require that both steps be optimized simultaneously which is necessarily sub optimal. The invention provides systems and processes for optimizing each type of production separately and independently, thereby improving overall production of oil, lipids and other useful products. This process is advantageous because it allows the optimization of the individual steps and growth phases in the production of oil from biomass. This allows the use of different feedstocks for various process steps.

The invention discloses a method for mixed culture of crabs, shrimps and mandarin fishes. The method comprises the following steps: (1) water in a pool is 0.3-1.5m deep, the slope ratio of the pool is 1:3, high-protection facilities are built at the periphery of the pool, and an automatic aerator is arranged per 667m<2>; (2) the plant area of waterweeds in the pool accounts for one third of the area of the pool, and at the same time, snails are stocked; (3) at the end of March, 500-700 crabs per 667m<2> are stocked based on the standard of 80 crabs per kg, 5-7kg of post larvae of lobsters per 667m<2> are stocked in the first and middle third of April based on the standard, 7-10 mandarin fishes per 667m<2> (in 5 cm length) are put in the last third of May, and 6 kg of fingerling silver carps per 667m<2> are put in the first third of June based on the standard of 800-1000 fingerling silver carps per 1kg; (4) overhead price river crab feed cp.40% is used, supplementary with wheat and bean pulp, feed amount daily is controlled to 4-6% of the weight of shrimp and crab; and (5) a water quality regulator is used for one time per 15-30 days. On each day, shrimp and crab shell auxin and allicin, the amount of which account for 1-1.5% of the amount of feeds, are added.

The invention discloses a method for restoring vegetations in a water-level-fluctuating zone. The method is capable of effectively preventing and controlling water and soil loss, intercepting and absorbing harmful chemical substances in a water body, reducing eutrophication of the water body and rapidly afforesting the water-level-fluctuating zone, and has the functions of fixing soil and retaining banks. The method comprises the following steps: 1) preparing soil of a riverside slope surface in a fluctuating zone, finishing the fluctuating zone along the contour line to form a step structure, and respectively digging a cuttage ditch on various steps of the step structure; 2) using nutrient soil to cover various cuttage ditches, inserting a plurality of living branch wooden piles, and connecting the adjacent living branch wooden piles on the same step by using a rope to form a whole, wherein planting grooves are formed between two rows of living branch wooden piles on the adjacent steps; 3) sequentially filling a lower mucky soil layer, a water supply layer, an upper mucky soil layer and a nutrient soil layer into the planting grooves from bottom to top so as to form a planting layer; and 4) respectively planting submerged plants, emergent aquatic plants and water-resistant tree shrubs in various planting grooves along the step structure from bottom to top, so that a three-dimensional vegetation restoring space is formed.

A fast-growing plant planting, shaping, carbon sequestration and comprehensive utilizing method includes: (1) planting and/or culturing fast-growing woody, herbal, algae, lichen or moss plants in a chosen land area or water body area; (2) performing cutting, harvesting or gathering when the fast-growing woody, herbal, algae, lichen or moss plants grow to the height or dimension suitable for cutting, harvesting or gathering after a period of time; (3) drying the cut, harvested or gathered fast-growing woody, herbal, algae, lichen or moss plants; (4) processing and shaping the dried fast-growing woody, herbal, algae, lichen or moss plants; (5) transporting the dried and formed biomass to a storage place for storing; and (6) comprehensively utilizing the dried fast-growing woody, herbal, algae, lichen or moss plants.

The invention provides an alga/fish mixed type three-dimensional ecological fish shelter and a feeding method of the fish shelter, wherein the fish shelter comprises an anchoring system, a fish shelter top consisting of a floating ball and a fixed frame, a fish shelter middle layer consisting of a horizontal grid and a fixed frame suspended with a middle spherical fish shelter, and a fish shelterbottom consisting of a horizontal grid and a fixed frame suspended with a bottom spherical fish shelter; and the fish shelter middle layer is respectively connected with the fish shelter top and the fish shelter bottom by a connecting rope and the lengthways crossed grid. The feeding method comprises the following steps of: shipping to a feeding sea area, firstly throwing a first anchor along with the direction of incident flow, sequentially throwing a second anchor by means of fair current, tying an anchor tail rope and a mark float at the back end of the anchor, dragging the anchor tail rope by means of fair current, tensioning a whole system, and completing feeding. According to the invention, the fish shelter can be used for culturing and proliferating the alga with different water depths, is taken as a perching and refuge occasion of the small size medium-upper layer fish and a large size medium-upper layer juvenile fish, and is simple in structure, and convenient to assemble andrecover, so that the novel artificial fish shelter can be provided for building an ecological marine ranch.

The invention relates to a macrophytic algae aquaculture facility suitable for open type deep waters, in particular to an adjustable deep sea algae aquaculture floating bed, which substantially comprises a main anchor cable, a sea algae aquaculture floating bed and a weight system, wherein a mooring rope of the main anchor cable consists of a main float ball, a center circle, a chain ring, a lower circle, a rotating ring and a dropstone, and the sea algae aquaculture floating bed comprises a buoyancy framework, a bottom net, a purse net, a center circle, an oblique stay cord, a weight system and a guide plate. The adjustable deep sea algae aquaculture floating bed is a movable type floating bed frame, wherein the bottom portion of the adjustable deep sea algae aquaculture floating bed is provided with the bottom net, the middle portion of the bottom net is provided with a round iron ring, and the periphery of the movable type floating bed frame is inwardly obliquely provided with a circle of purse net. The weight system comprises a weight hanging rack, a weight block and a position card bolt. The adjustable deep sea algae aquaculture floating bed uses a double-buoyancy system, and can be guaranteed in an upright posture underwater through own bigger buoyancy of the movable type floating bed frame, can be accurately fixed on a scheduled water layer through a buoyancy system of the main anchor cable, and is more convenient to adjust the scheduled water layer by integrally arranging the adjustable deep sea algae aquaculture floating bed and the weight system in a micro buoyancy state.