System for the extraction and utilization of oxygen from fluids.

摘要

A method for extracting oxygen from a fluid environment, which comprises contacting said environment with a first surface of an oxygen permeable membrane having a first and a second surface, which separates the environment from an interior space of a closed container, and contacting said second side of said membrane with a carrier fluid containing a non-proteinaceous oxygen binding compound which comprises a tetradentate molecule, a metal ion chelated by said molecule, and a nitrogenous base chelated to said metal ion, wherein said compound is not saturated with oxygen, thereby removing oxygen from said fluid environment and increasing oxygen concentration in said container.