Production of glycerol from algae
Patent 4115949 Issued on September 26, 1978. Estimated Expiration Date: 
May 25, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
May 25, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 2732661 3195271 3650068 InventorsApplicationNo. 05/800521 filed on 05/25/1977US Classes:47/1.4, ALGAE CULTURE568/869Of glycerolExaminersPrimary: Bagwill, Robert E.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesC12P 23/00 (20060101)C12P 7/02 (20060101) C12P 7/20 (20060101) C12N 1/12 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1976-06-06 ILAbstractA process for the production of glycerol and proteinous substances of nutritive value which comprises cultivating algae of the Dunaliella species in a nutrient medium containing the mineral requirements of growth of the algae, said nutrient medium having a sodium chloride content of at least 1.5 M, the cultivation being effected while an adequate supply of carbon dioxide is provided and continued until a maximum concentration of algae is obtained, and continuing the cultivation of the algae in a nutrient medium having a content of sodium chloride of at least 3 M, cultivating the algae in this second nutrient medium until a high glycerol content is established, harvesting the algae, recovering from same the glycerol, and recovering the residue having a high protein content.Field of SearchALGAE CULTURE |
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