Design Desk Inc.
Algae BioReactor & Phototube
The following design concept is a novel Algae production system to then produce Algae derived plastics and other hydrocarbon feed stocks sequestering Carbon Dioxide using Gravity while producing a salable Product. The design system turns physical weight into salable products while reducing atmospheric Carbon Dioxide thus reducing Global Warming and economic problems producing commodities when the advent of Peak Oil causes hyper financial inflation.
Parts List
1. high volume night time tank
2. day cycle illuminated algae grow tank
3. full spectrum fluorescent plant lamp
4. Algae "seed" culture system and system storage barrels - oil - char - char oil filters, water barrels... placed along the outer length of the
interior of the building ( seed culture pumps into the pole frame vertical grow system that cycles through the carport frame mount roof
system and day cycle growth tanks)
5. metal arch slide form concrete construction
6. night cycle high volume tanks and vertical grow tube system
7. tie joist system "runs" along the length of the structure to "form" the attic space support floor
8. load / unload "garage door" door (loading dock) - order processing "packing floor" production hall - contains plastic extruder (plastic
extrusion machine), injection molding machines - cut off tools - and stock storage access recessed in the curve of the roof arch to the
left and right of the production hall
9. "assembled stock storage floor" and Algae drying tromel floor - stock lift by wall slide cargo elevator to "packing floor"
10. concrete topcoat
11. metal hardware cloth concrete reinforcement
12. dry cured stripped cord wood masonry lock tied to the hardware cloth metal concrete structural reinforcement
13. metal base arch with expansion tie to increase total building width
14. ply wood cover
15. plastic film sub sheet (allows the wood covered metal arch to separate once the concrete top coat has cured)
16. hardware cloth embedded within the thin coat with extending length to wire tie the next slip form arch
17. metal rod box reinforcement - load bearing to carry 2' earth cover also ties to the next slip form arch via "U" shape bent rod to hard
lock the arches contiguous sum of 10 upon each arch ie... both sides embedded 4" deep concrete
18. honeycomb masonry with rigid foam cores containing hardware cloth circles in the mortar wire tied together - applied after full
length arch construction so that the honeycomb becomes contiguous locking as the support system for the final concrete top coat
with metal chain link fence as concrete reinforcement
19. algae tanks water cycle flow pump plumbing - allows for day cycle tank contents to fill the night cycle tanks or to "cycle the water in the
day cycle tank to "stir" the day cycle tank assisting in pushing the day cycle tank algae to then be water jet pro-pulsed toward the
off load conveyor
20. "over tank" tank full length water jet pipe system supported by over tank arch
21. air injection system to bubble the day / night cycle algae tanks
22. florescent lamps encased in clear plastic pipes - open ends to allow for quick lamp exchange - water sealed and above tank water line
23. vertical tube Algae reactor pipe system day and night contains vertical lamps - where the algae is fed Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and
Nitrogen (N2) "fertilized" cycles to the structure's internal metal carport frames "roof mount" algae growth tubes
24. vertical support column extended beam to support stair case landing
25. vertical support column
26. sub floor
27. plywood sheet flooring
28. tar paper with wood flooring - tongue and groove
29. assembly floor circuit breaker box - storage floor circuit breaker box - attic space circuit breaker box
30. main floor drain - storage floor - slab grade
31. night cycle tank sump pump off loads wet algae to the tromel algae dryer intake conveyor - water recovery via conveyor under
tray with forced pumping back to the day cycle algae water tanks
32. car port frame algae tube reactor growth system over head lighting lamps - full length (60') of the "A" shaped car port roofs sum of 60 total
(placed close to the grow tubes - safe thermal distance)
33. vertical tube algae bioreactor system contains air ,CO2 and fertilizer injection system (gas recovery directs to the system
cold air stratifier, air distillation tower ( letter "B") to "recover" the CO2 and N2)
34. night cycle high volume algae holding tank
35. carport roof frame roof mount algae bio reactor growth tubes 60' (feet) long x 5' upon both slopes of the "A" shape
roof (carport frames then of 20' and a total of six above each night cycle tank and algae growth tank)
36. shred tube - via kitchen garbage disposal units algae is then processed thru the disposal unit to be shred to begin the oil extraction
process discharges to the night cycle tank
37. larger diameter "carport" apex flow pipe accepts the algae shred to the seep stratify the air CO2 gas, N2 gas, oil and water then collected
in the "crown pipe" number 38, for subsequent processing and or water recovery
38. crown pipe (fluid [ water oil ] - gas stratification (CO2 - N2 ) recovery contains low point sump to discharge remainder algae to
the growth tank - oil discharge to the oil holding tank ( percentile of 60 barrel tanks to then be filtered before metered injection into the
oil distillation system to refine the oil into hydrocarbon feed stock suitable for plastic production via the extruder
39. concrete floor slab
40. concrete metal grid wire concrete reinforcement
41. fiber glass insulation above earth contacting plastic film sub-sheet
42. Algae dry tromel
43. tromel intake conveyor system - tromel intake "head" accepts the night cycle sump pump discharge with additional high pressure
water jets to push the algae slurry - contains cycle ventilation to wick any oil vapor to roof discharge port number 96
44. algae dry tromel sub floor steel I-beam "supports" the floor mounting of the tromel
45. sub slab "lowest floor" oil press room floor drain
46. oil press discharge "oil collection pit" - oil "pick up" to then be filtered and pumped to the oil holding barrels for direct off loading
or subsequent oil distillation
47. Algae tromel discharge "hopper" and lower floor oil press intake
48. oil press
49. forced room air ventilation (lowest level oil press room) vents to number 97
50. oil pit evacuation pumping / filtration system
51. algae char vacuum system
52. feed conveyor and algae char unit - heats the algae "cake" post oil extraction with the "char" husk to then be used as plastic
fill material increasing the CO2 sequestration by embedding carbon in plastic products as a fill material
53. vacuum off load to barrel carbon holding barrels
54. exterior entry to sub floor oil press "room"
55. 16'x16' grade level concrete block structure "open top" floor slab
56. floor drain
57. mulch decomposition "heater" maintain the water temperature in the day cycle algae growth tanks and the water temperature in
the night cycle high volume holding tank
58. above concrete floor slab air flow pipes embedded in the tank base concrete directs heat from the mulch
decomposition "heater" to the tank base slab base of the water holding tanks
59. plastic extruder
60. plastic extruder steel I -beam support "cage" assist in load support (physical weight) of the extruder upon the standard wood floor assembly
61. stick build "wall" - sealed ventilation system separated from the rest of the structure with gas leak safety system to automatically
ventilate should unsafe level of CO2 or N2 occur
62. metal car port "frames"
63. air bubble system - injects air bubbles into all four water holding tanks also location of "algae feed injection pumps and plumbing
to "inject" the vertical algae growth tubes with CO2, N2 and or fertilizer.
64. mulch decomposition heater air intake low level pipes
65. main electricity circuit box
66. algae char system building external thermal vent
67. floor drain
68. equipment width entry door
69. system electrical power generation system fuel less high voltage production internal oil " non electrical conductive / non flammable"
hydraulic fluid - system flow pipes electrically grounded
70. chain link fence used as concrete reinforcement embedded in the roof top coat ( 2" thick" ) roof with water proofing applied atop
71. concrete 2" thick roof
72. sealed U pipe generator one way air pressure fill valve
73. oil outlet valve
74. 60Kw electricity generator
75. electric drive motor 20kw 20hp - 40hp
76. Letter "A" and letter "E" CO2 tower tanks
77. Letter "B" = air stratifier - separates air into component gases using ultra low temperatures produced in the medical refrigeration system
78. Letter "C" oil distillation tower (electric heating only)
79. Letter "D" = N2 tower tank
80. one way valve
81. high speed hydraulic pump
82. 1: 4 ratio gear set high side "output" rotation tandem with the internal pump "wheel" of number 81 input rotation tandem with
electricity generator, number 83 out put drive shaft
83. dual shaft high voltage generator
84. hydraulic oil impeller
85. high voltage Magneto Ac electricity generator (a permanent magnet electricity generator) electrifies the field coil of the high voltage
generator number 83 to then hot "bus" electricity to the logic mapping electronic speed control circuits. The electronics will then reference
the r.p.m. sensor to adjust the subsequent electrical current "feed" to the drive line's electric motor number 86 to it's desired rate of rotation.
This allows for excess electricity production in number 83, who's electrical current is then directed regulated to the main high voltage drive
line system containing the 60Kw generator, number 74, being rotated by the 20kw drive line motor number 75.
86. dual shaft electric motor
87. revolutions per minute, r.p.m. sensor (system speed regulator sensor)
88. voltage regulator
89. system electronics "electronic mapping" system control electronics
90. large pulley 12" dia. "drive pulley"
91. receiving pulley 4" dia. "drives" the dual shaft electricity generator and is the input rotation to the ratio gear set assembly who's output
rotation rotates the high speed oil pump. This produces system speed advancement by fluid suction and retained pneumatic pressure.
Artificial equilibrium fluid drive. The system advancement then increased by the electrical re-introduction circuit increasing the launch
point of magnetic "pressure" advancing the electric motor's armature.
92. drive belt
93. oil pit filter system
94. water holding system
95. building "air to water" dehumidification system & H.V.A.C. heating air conditioning and ventilation system - medical refrigerator
location (pipes cold air to the air stratifier)
96. roof mount vent
97. roof mount vent
98. power generating "room" air exhaust system
99. exterior fill grade level so that standard box truck is level with load dock floor
100. clear or opaque photo-bioreactor tube
101. air injection cooling fan "electric blower" bi-directional rotation
102. photo bioreactor tube "head unit"
103. photo bioreactor tube end cap
104. oil pressure meter
105. automotive transmission and torque converter assembly - connects the electric drive motor to the main high voltage generator, number 74
106. maximum hydraulic draft regulator valve and oil "bypass" flow pipe a speed limiter flow system to regulate maximum system speed
* Note - The design will be accompanied by an additional external 40' greenhouse with a 8'H x 8W' x 32'L trough style algae tank to also
allow for increased volume production also with a tube system upon the exterior of the arch style green house
of 20'W x 40'L 4" Diameter (dia.) flow pipe
Description
The generator system, number 69, for this design is a gravity hydraulic dynamic fluid drive system that cycles the retained pneumatic pressure to allow for cyclical out force of hydraulic pressure to motivate the impellers / pump system that implements advancement by fluid suction with the applied gear sets (belt and pulley system / mechanical lubricated 1:4 ratio gear set), within the drive line. The system also allows for electricity produced to then be reintroduced back into the system's drive line's electric motor rotation to increase system's speed. The systems flow pipes are electrically grounded to avoid accidental electrical shock hazard due to induced voltage from static electricity. The electricity out put is then directed to voltage regulators "transformers" at required voltage for the total system's components.
Systems connected functions then via plumbing and or wire to complete their intended function as per component function requirement.
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