Closed-loop Photobioreactors Articles
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Varicon Aqua Installation at Geb Impact in Hong Kong - Case Study
Varicon Aqua’s latest project is up and running in Hong Kong, with the installation led in person by our Managing Director, Joe McDonald. The client, Geb Impact Technology Company Limited, will be using two of our reactor systems, the Phyco-Lift and the Phyco-Pyxis, the latest in our range of innovative products. Geb Impact and Varicon Aqua have enjoyed a long professional relationship, ...
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Phyco-Flow Photobioreactor Installed at the University of Helsinki - Case Study
The Varicon Aqua team have recently returned from Finland, where we are pleased to have installed a top of the range Phyco-Flow System for the University of Helsinki. Researchers will use the tubular photobioreactor, situated on the Lahti campus (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences), to cultivate microalgae in support of their on-going projects. One such project, Algae Factory, ...
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Phyco-Flow Installation in Mexico - Case Study
We are pleased to announce the latest installation of a 2750 L Phyco-Flow system for Grupo Fagro at their new Micro Algae Technology Development Unit, Biorganix in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico in conjunction with Novel Agricultural Bioactives from Microalgae (NAMBA) initiative. Our Phyco-Flow tubular photo-bioreactor will be used to cultivate microalgae species for the production of synthetic ...
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Photobioreactors: Advantages & Disadvantages
What are open and closed algae culture systems? The two broadest methods of culturing algae at medium to large scale are split into two styles of system: open and closed photobioreactors (PBRs). A PBR is any device or system that supports the culture of photosynthetic organisms using light. There are photobioreactor advantages and disadvantages to both types systems depending on the goals you ...
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Industrial Plankton, the Victoria Company Working With Algae
Industrial Plankton’s photobioreactors make business easier for companies around the world. And they are located in Victoria! Using traditional methods, algae production can be a difficult and error-prone process. “We found out that everybody in aquaculture was having trouble growing algae, and they were doing it with old-school methodologies,” says Robert Roulston, CEO of ...
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Photobiology of microalgae mass cultures: understanding the tools for the next green revolution
Several obstacles and limitations currently prevent the industrial exploitation of microalgae for feed, food and biofuel production. Photobioreactors (closed systems for algae cultivation) suffer from high-energy expenditures for mixing and cooling, while cultures in large-scale open ponds, which have a more favorable net energy ratio, are unstable ecosystems in which maintaining selected strains ...
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Chlorella for protein and biofuels: from strain selection to outdoor cultivation in a Green Wall Panel photobioreactor
Chlorellais one of the few microalgae employed for human consumption. It typically has a high protein content, but it can also accumulate high amounts of lipids or carbohydrates under stress conditions and, for this reason, it is of interest in the production of biofuels. High production costs and energy consumption are associated with its cultivation. This work describes a strategy to reduce ...
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