{"id":349,"date":"2007-02-15T19:07:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-15T19:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=349"},"modified":"2007-02-15T19:07:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-15T19:07:00","slug":"method-for-dewatering-micro-algae-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/method-for-dewatering-micro-algae-with.html","title":{"rendered":"Method for Dewatering Micro-algae with a Bubble Column – 1999 Patent"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are at: Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n

Do you know that oil derived from algae<\/b> is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? – see Oilgae<\/a><\/b> for more.<\/p>\n

Method for Dewatering Micro-algae with a Bubble Column – 1999 Patent<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abstract
A process for dewatering an aqueous suspension of microalgae is disclosed in which the aqueous suspension of the algae is introduced into a bubble column or a modified bubble column for generating a froth of bubbles and adsorbed algal cells that can be separated from the aqueous suspension. In one advantageous embodiment, the bubble column is a multi-stage loop-flow flotation column that has three loop-flow zones, each of which is defined by a draft tube concentrically mounted in the column to divide each loop-flow zone into a riser and the downcomer. Fine bubbles of gas and brine are in cocurrent upward flow in the riser and in cocurrent downward flow the downcomer. A higher gas holdup is promoted in the riser than in the downcomer, thereby circulating the brine in loop-flow upwardly through the riser and downwardly through the downcomer. Liquid communication between adjacent loop-flow zones is substantially eliminated. A froth enriched in algae is generated that can be separated…<\/p>\n

Patent number: 5910254
Filing date: Dec 20, 1996
Issue date: Jun 8, 1999
Inventors: Scott Arthur Guelcher, Jeffrey Scott Kanel
Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company<\/p>\n

More info on this patent from here<\/a><\/p>\n

Nature gave us<\/a> oil from algae; perhaps we should try<\/a> Nature’s way again<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae<\/a><\/b>
Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>; The complete list of Oilgae Blog articles<\/a><\/b>.
algOS – Biodiesel from Algae Open Source<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

About Oilgae – Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae<\/a><\/b> has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general. Algae present an exciting possibility as a feedstock for biodiesel, and when you realise that oil was originally formed from algae – among other related plants – you think “Hey! Why not oil again from algae!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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