Liqocap - Algae Pre-Concentration System
Thee Liqocap capillary filters are mainly suitable when the (1) concentration of the algae culture is low and/or (2) larger volumes of algae culture have to be harvested (algae ponds). In harvesting high volumes of algae cultures the challenge is to process the high volumes in a limited timeframe and, at the same time, optimise the algae harvesting costs. To optimise the algae harvesting costs we advise a 2-step algae harvesting solution with the Liqocap filters:
Step 1
Start with the Liqoflux Algae Pre-Concentration System to separate the ‘easy’ water (more than 95% of the water!) and pre-concentrate the algae culture up to 10-20 gr/liter or higher. The clean water, free from algae cells and bacteria is ready for recycling to your algae production system.
Step 2
Select the right separation technology (*) to separate the ‘difficult’ water and produce a high dry solid algae paste. The effluent of the centrifuge contains the ‘lost’ algae cells and can be recycled back to step 1. This process harvests 100% of the algae biomass!
(*) LiqoVibro membrane technology, Centrifuge, decanter, dynamic settler