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OriginOil To Patent Algae Technology

by Melody Voith
June 8, 2009 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 87, Issue 23

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Credit: OriginOil
OriginOil's photobioreactor is designed to distribute light for better algae growth.
Credit: OriginOil
OriginOil's photobioreactor is designed to distribute light for better algae growth.

Algal biofuel firm OriginOil has filed for an international patent from the United Nation's World Intellectual Property Organization on its photobioreactor and related technology for growing algae and harvesting renewable oil. OriginOil claims that its reactor design lowers energy costs by efficiently providing light at closely spaced intervals throughout the vessel rather than just at the surface.

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