US Patent Issued to United Arab Emirates University on July 29 for "Continuous flow reactor for conversion of wastewater to biohydrogen using activated sludge and microalgae" (Emirati Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,714, issued on July 29, was assigned to United Arab Emirates University (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

"Continuous flow reactor for conversion of wastewater to biohydrogen using activated sludge and microalgae" was invented by Ashraf Aly Hassan (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates) and Muhammad Asad Javed (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus 101 for producing a continuous stream of biohydrogen includes a continuous flow stirred tank reactor (CSTR) 12, lighting arrangement 13; ports 14; peristaltic pumps 16; and gas chromatograph (GC) 18. The CSTR 12 includes internal bioreactor chamber 20; a photosynthesiz...