{"id":557,"date":"2008-06-18T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=557"},"modified":"2010-05-11T10:39:36","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T10:39:36","slug":"originoil-files-patent-for-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/originoil-files-patent-for-breakthrough.html","title":{"rendered":"OriginOil Files Patent for Breakthrough Algae Oil Extraction Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are at: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/\">Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/strong>. See the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/dir\/dir.html\">complete list of Oilgae Blog articles<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Press release<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES &#8211; (Business Wire) OriginOil, Inc. , the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, announced today the filing of its fourth patent application.<\/p>\n<p>The patent application, \u201cLysing and Extraction System for Microorganisms,\u201d details OriginOil&#8217;s invention of a method to extract the oil from algae with high energy efficiency, without requiring the use of chemical solvents.<\/p>\n<p>The process of breaking down algae cells to release oil, known as lysing, has long represented a challenge for the algae-to-oil industry. Algae cell walls are difficult to break down. Mechanical methods are energy-intensive and often ineffective, and commonly-used chemical solvents such as benzene, ether or hexane are toxic and require special handling. Such practices increase operating costs and make it harder to site algae production systems.<\/p>\n<p>OriginOil&#8217;s latest invention builds on the company&#8217;s first patent, Quantum Fracturing[TM], in which ultrasound from intense fluid fracturing breaks down algae cells much in the same way a high-frequency sound wave breaks glass. In the new patent filing, the flowing algae biomass is first sent through a shielded wave guide system where it receives low-wattage, frequency-tuned microwave bursts, breaking the cell walls. Quantum Fracturing is then applied to these pre-cracked cells to complete the oil extraction. The result is a system that makes low-energy and environmentally-safe algae oil production a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Full <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/OriginOil+Files+Patent+for+Breakthrough+Algae+Oil+Extraction+Technique-a0180368231\">press release here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: red;\">Nature <span style=\"color: blue;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/ref\/oil\/or\/or.html\">gave us<\/a><\/span> oil from algae; perhaps <span style=\"color: blue;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/ref\/story\/story.html\">we should try<\/a><\/span> Nature&#8217;s way again<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Press release LOS ANGELES &#8211; (Business Wire) OriginOil, Inc. , the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, announced today the filing of its fourth patent application. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,4,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-algae-oil-extraction","category-algae-cultivation","category-algae-harvesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1749,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/1749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}