• DURAN® also allows optimum and sustainable light input for the highest growth rates of microalgae, facilitating one of the most sustainable methods of water treatment. (schott.com)
  • The company utilizes a unique, high-precision fast-track photobioreactor technology, setting a new gold standard for microalgae production. (prnewswire.com)
  • Our mission is to boost the entire microalgae value chain with new varieties and yields, and bring them to the mainstream of high-end nutraceutical food and cosmeceutical spheres with additional formulations in the pipeline. (prnewswire.com)
  • Our innovative approach serves to create pure, sustainable microalgae-derived products of the highest quality, and that can be naturally adapted into any desired matrix. (prnewswire.com)
  • Yemoja was founded three years ago by a team of marine biology and biotech experts with a shared vision of leveraging novel engineering methods to provide the commercial algae space with a prodigious range of high-value microalgae species that can be tailored to a full spectrum of applications, including cosmeceuticals and nutraceuticals. (prnewswire.com)
  • For energy production, microalgae are one of the few alternatives with high potential. (usf.edu)
  • Overall Research Objective: Detection, quantification and further optimisation of the production of valuable metabolic products (such as lipids, carotenoids etc) from green microalgae in liquid state and after immobilization, at micro-scale (high throughput technical platforms) and pilot scale (photobioreactors). (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Controlling the metabolic pathways that microalgae have in a photobioreactor system to produce high value metabolites and biofuels is achieved by specific feeding strategies. (confex.com)
  • The cultivation in photobioreactors (PBR) in a 'cold-weather' climate showed that microalgae compare favorably to aquaculture fish. (uni-halle.de)
  • Central to this is the photobioreactor (PBR), a system that optimises the growth of microalgae by controlling parameters such as light intensity, temperature and nutrient supply. (subitec.com)
  • Photobioreactors house the microalgae, provide light for photosynthesis and supply them with nutrients. (subitec.com)
  • Stockholm, Sweden, March 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Simris Alg AB (publ), a European biologics company focused on extracting high value biological active compounds from microalgae and cyanobacteria, today announced a framework collaboration agreement with Lonza Ltd, a preferred partner to the pharmaceutical, biotech and nutraceutical markets, to commercialize Simris' ADC payload platform. (yahoo.com)
  • Simris Alg is a biologics company identifying high value, natural, biologically active compounds found in microalgae and cyanobacteria to extract for applications in skincare, nutrition, and biopharmaceuticals. (yahoo.com)
  • The company sustainably grows microalgae and cyanobacteria on an industrial scale within its photobioreactor facility whereby conditions are optimized for production of these high-value compounds. (yahoo.com)
  • We will use this new photobioreactor to recycle 3-D printing waste into food with microalgae , but the application space a low-cost easy-to-maintain photobioreactor provides for the research community is much broader. (experiment.com)
  • High-yielding microalgae present an important commodity to sustainably satisfy burgeoning food, feed and biofuel demands. (bvsalud.org)
  • Tubular photobioreactors are established worldwide from laboratory up to production scale, e.g. for the production of the carotenoid Astaxanthine from the green algae Haematococcus pluvialis or for the production of food supplement from the green algae Chlorella vulgaris. (wikipedia.org)
  • The advantages of tubular photobioreactors at production scale are also transferred to laboratory scale. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tubular photobioreactors consisting of transparent plastic or glass tubes. (subitec.com)
  • Incorporating four types of photobioreactors (columns, tubular reactors, semi-open and raceways) and with an initial cultivation area of 1,000 m2 and culture volume of up to 72,000 l, the PTEM is currently under construction at the International Airport of Madrid-Barajas site and will be operational by the beginning of May. (thefishsite.com)
  • Panel and tubular photobioreactors are the most applicable bioreactor types since they ensure simple design, reasonable material and production costs and high light energy utilization. (eurekaselect.com)
  • is a marine alga produced in closed tubular photobioreactors. (allmicroalgae.com)
  • More recently, the attention of the Center has focused on extraction from algae bio-products with high added value, such as biopolymers and antioxidants . (crs4.it)
  • This project uses calculus to determine the light intensity inside of a photobioreactor filled with algae. (usf.edu)
  • A new, inexpensive technology can limit the buildup of algae on the walls of photobioreactors that can help convert carbon dioxide into useful products. (tech-life.news)
  • Most algae grown commercially are cultivated in shallow ponds, while others are grown in transparent tubes called photobioreactors. (tech-life.news)
  • This project converts carbon dioxide into economically valuable biomass by improving algae strains and using highly efficient photobioreactors. (towngas.com)
  • Furthermore, some algae contain high levels of lipids and oils. (rwth-aachen.de)
  • One of the sub-projects will analyze and compare different photobioreactor technologies for algae cultivation in order to reach conclusions about their viability under Middle European conditions. (rwth-aachen.de)
  • To guarantee the sustainability of these species, they cultivate the algae in both a high technology photobioreactor as well as in a marine environment. (dermaceutic.com)
  • The company, which was founded in 2007 by several entrepreneurs and due to contribute a paper as speaker, on innovations in photobioreactor, is supporting the 3rd Algae World Europe conference as official Corporate Sponsor and Host-of-site visit. (thefishsite.com)
  • Previous editions of Algae World Europe have confirmed the high scientific level of the event and its professional organisation. (thefishsite.com)
  • Algae can grow in the ocean, in indoor tanks, in open ponds, or in translucent tubes called "photobioreactors. (ecologycenter.org)
  • They are also investigating algae growing in the city's Roman Baths which can survive at higher temperatures and could cut the cost of cooling the photo-bioreactors. (robaid.com)
  • One of these technologies, developed through a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program) is a matrix of specialized chambers, called the environmental PhotoBioReactor, that allow algae to be studied in detail under simulated production environments. (manuremanager.com)
  • Because algae-associated bacteria can significantly enhance or reduce yields, we isolated, identified and selected highly-effective "probiotic" bacterial strains associated with Nannochloropsis oceanica, a high-yielding microalga rich in eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). (bvsalud.org)
  • The biomass production can be done at a high quality level and the high biomass concentration at the end of the production allows energy efficient downstream processing. (wikipedia.org)
  • The material choice should prevent biofouling and ensure high final biomass concentrations. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cell biomass, lipid and chitin productivity by the marine diatom Cyclotella sp was studied in a batch and fed-batch cultivation under sequential co-limitation of two macronutrients, silicon and nitrogen in a bubble column photobioreactor. (confex.com)
  • Growth and biomass accumulation of the olive mutant were poorer in carbon-saturated cultures but improved in carbon-limited cultures at higher light intensities, as they did in the ƊCpcC1C2:pcpcT→C mutant. (uea.ac.uk)
  • This study shows that one PC disc per rod is sufficient for maximal light harvesting and biomass accumulation, except under conditions of high light and carbon limitation, and two or more are sufficient for maximal oxygen evolution. (uea.ac.uk)
  • A salinity level of 35 led to significantly higher biomass yields compared with 20, but salinity had no significant influence on EPA content. (bvsalud.org)
  • For efficient downstream processing, harvesting remains as one of the challenges in producing Nannochloropsis biomass, a microalga with high-value omega-3 oils. (bvsalud.org)
  • The tubes can't be too small because the fouling would begin to block the flow of water through the bioreactor and require higher pumping rates. (tech-life.news)
  • In all strains cultured at high cell densities, most light was absorbed by the first 2 cm of the culture. (uea.ac.uk)
  • However, light attenuation and increased carbon dioxide requirements with growth are the two most inevitable changes in phototrophic cultures that severely limits productivity of photobioreactors. (wikipedia.org)
  • With the new technology, carbon sequestration and algal powder production are five to ten times higher than with the old technology. (towngas.com)
  • Fossil fuels for power generation and transportation have caused high carbon dioxide emissions (CO 2 ) to the environment. (springerprofessional.de)
  • The project will take advantage of these natural variations as well as a suite of new technologies developed by the Kramer lab at PRL that allow rapid, high-throughput testing of photosynthetic efficiency of many algal lines under simulated growth conditions. (manuremanager.com)
  • As phototrophic organisms they can use the energy from light to carry out metabolic processes, and they can be easily cultivated in so-called photobioreactors. (rwth-aachen.de)
  • The main parameter control during phototrophic cultivation in photobioreactors is temperature, pH, agitation, light intensity, dissolved oxygen (DO) and gas flow rate. (fermentador-bioreactor.com)
  • This research presents the effect of hydrodynamic conditions at different rates of aeration (1.4, 1.8, and 2.3 vvm) and the geometry of two photobioreactors with internal lighting on lipid productivity and other parameters of Chlorella vulgaris. (intechopen.com)
  • In high nutrient medium addition rate, lipid production is maintained during cell production, chitin production is maintained, but reduced, and the cell production rate is not limited by the addition of silicon and nitrogen. (confex.com)
  • Chlorella vulgaris is protein-rich , containing all the essential amino acids , high in chlorophylls, and has a lipid profile with 60% of polyunsaturated fatty acids. (allmicroalgae.com)
  • Tetraselmis chui has 45% of prot ein, high levels of chlorophylls and a lipid profile rich in om ega- 3 (25% ALA and 8% EPA). (allmicroalgae.com)
  • Phaeodactylum tricornutum is a lipid-rich marine diatom that contains a high level of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). (bvsalud.org)
  • In the presence of sea salts, silicate addition was not necessary for high rate growth, high EPA content, or lipid accumulation in this species. (bvsalud.org)
  • A photobioreactor (PBR) refers to any cultivation system designed for growing photoautotrophic organisms using artificial light sources or solar light to facilitate photosynthesis. (wikipedia.org)
  • The start-up operates an indoor, high-precision, contaminant-free closed cultivation system that maintains absolute control of key parameters such as temperature, pH, light, and CO 2 emissions, and allows for the simultaneous growth of multiple species in a very tightly controlled environment. (prnewswire.com)
  • while in coimmobilized culture, a higher productivity was obtained (8.80 g L-1 h-1) with respect to immobilized cultures (8.45 g L-1 h-1 - 8.70 g L-1 h-1). (intechopen.com)
  • The ultimate goal of this research is to produce mutants with ten times less pigments than the wild-type strain, which would result in a parallel increase in H2 productivity per unit of photobioreactor surface area. (biocycle.net)
  • however, it has been recently shown with the help of kinetic models that dissolved oxygen levels as high as 400% air saturation are not inhibitory when cell density is high enough to attenuate light at later stages of microalgal cultures. (wikipedia.org)
  • Made from glass or plastic tubes, this photobioreactor type has succeeded within production scale. (wikipedia.org)
  • This study used H2-production data obtained from a laboratory-scale photobioreactor, assumed periods of 12 h:12 h light:dark (as opposed to the continuous illumination conditions used in the laboratory), and scaled up the system to supply enough H2 to fuel 100 cars per day (300 kg H2/d). (biocycle.net)
  • Techno-economic evaluations show that photofermentative hydrogen production process is very near to the commercialization stage, however demo scale experience is necessary to solve some problems such as low rate of hydrogen production and the cost associated with photobioreactor scale-up. (eurekaselect.com)
  • The high growth rate of many cyanobacteria makes them excellent candidates for biotechnology. (frontiersin.org)
  • To our knowledge, this study is the first to measure light penetration in bulk cultures of cyanobacteria and offers important insights into photobioreactor design. (uea.ac.uk)
  • suggesting the immobilized and coimmobilized cultures compared with free cells offer an opportunity for the reuse of organic residues and high alcohol production. (intechopen.com)
  • However, under high intensity solar irradiation (i.e., full sunlight), the large antennae will not be able to utilize all of the absorbed light for H2 production and we convert excess light into heat and/or fluorescence. (biocycle.net)
  • Photobioreactors ensure consistent production, minimise the risk of contamination and deliver higher yields than open-pond systems. (subitec.com)
  • Processes involving gas reactants require high mass control, for example, tube-in-tube reactors are another type of micro-reactors used in the production of 3-phenylcatechol in a coupled enzymatic system. (chemyx.com)
  • To improve biofilm activity and obtain a high hydrogen production performance of biofilm photobioreactor (BPBR), the biofilm growth on the fiber-optic surface was optimized by using a multi-sensor measurement system, plus biofilm thickness automatic control device. (cheric.org)
  • The biofilm, in the improved BPBR, showed a loose structure and high hydrogen production activity. (cheric.org)
  • Waste water is high in nitrates and phosphates, which companies have to remove to create clean water. (robaid.com)
  • An alternative approach is shown by a photobioreactor, which is built in a tapered geometry and which carries a helically attached, translucent double hose circuit system. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dr Martin Zhu, the co-founder of i2Cool, said that their research was inspired by a species of African silver ants that can survive in the desert at a temperature as high as 60°C. Its hair structure has a unique triangular shape that reflects most of the sunlight and dissipates heat like a mirror. (towngas.com)
  • During the cultivation in the photobioreactors the cell suspension was assayed for cell number density, dissolved silicon and nitrate concentrations in the media. (confex.com)
  • This will allow researchers to pack the cells at much higher cell density in a photobioreactor with concomitant improvements in light conversion efficiency. (biocycle.net)
  • For example, in high oxygen demand fermentation, a Rushton style impeller system may be utilized, whereas in more shear sensitive cell cultivation, a axial style impeller may be better suited. (solarisbiotechusa.com)
  • The use of high-quality glass tubing such as DURAN® has significant advantages in photobioreactor tubes. (schott.com)
  • There are many advantages over batch reactors such as continuous flow operation, easy separation, sampling without contamination, and high reproducibility due to the facilitated condition control 1 . (chemyx.com)
  • United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) is using additive manufacturing techniques to develop an ultra-high-efficiency electric motor for automobiles. (energy.gov)
  • Research to be done with new photobioreactor: In distributed recycling and additive manufacturing it is know you can recycle a polymer 5x before high degradation of mechanical strength . (experiment.com)
  • Varicon Aqua is the manufacturer of the Phyco- range of photobioreactors and the Cell-Hi line of algal nutrients. (environmental-expert.com)
  • In continuous culture, lowering the concentration of nutrients (0.5 strength of a modified K-medium) in the inflow improved AZA cell quota whereas higher concentration (doubling the normal strength of K-medium) improved maximal cell concentration. (awi.de)
  • Being controlled by a complex process control system the regulation of the environmental conditions reaches a high level. (wikipedia.org)
  • For both applications, hermetic sealing of the individual stacks using glass or glass-ceramics is a prerequisite to enable high efficiency in long-term operation, with operating temperatures up to 1000°C and aggressive conditions that present significant challenges. (schott.com)
  • Durable even in harsh conditions, with a high thermal shock resistance, DURAN® can be produced in a wide range of dimensions with anti-reflective coatings, and offers outstanding light transmission. (schott.com)
  • Under preset conditions along with estimated values, we applied Lambert-Beer's law to formulate an equation to calculate how much light intensity escapes a photobioreactor and determine the average light intensity that was present inside the reactor. (usf.edu)
  • As a micro-reactor operates under very stable operating conditions, reactions become more selective, and higher quality products with less byproduct formation can be obtained. (chemyx.com)
  • The mass transfer improvement and efficient mixing conditions allow no just high conversion rate but also favors enzymatic stability of the packed-bed micro-reactor 4 . (chemyx.com)
  • Ultrasonic botanical extraction gives higher yields. (hielscher.com)
  • We are a research, development, engineering and manufacturing firm located in the I-270 high technology corridor outside of Washington, DC. (environmental-expert.com)
  • Study and validation of microbial and enzymatic inactivation kinetics with High Hydrostatic Pressure technology. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The Bronze Award-winning project, HydroPro, is a next-generation hydrogen generation system with a higher efficiency than existing green hydrogen technology. (towngas.com)
  • 9:48 NovaGreen - Larry Donovan- An Alberta High-tech firm has an award-winning proprietary technology to produce Inulin and Xylitol for world markets. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • Growth and maximum cell concentration were highest at a salinity of 35, at temperatures between 18˚ C and 22˚ C, and with aeration. (awi.de)
  • the AZA cell quota was more than 20 times higher at 10˚ C (220 fg cell�1) than at temperatures between 18˚ C and 26˚ C. A. spinosum grew on all media tested with only slight differences in growth rate and AZA cell quota. (awi.de)
  • Photobioreactors are cultivation systems designed for growing photoautotrophic organisms using artificial light sources to facilitate photosynthesis. (experiment.com)
  • Although these are good practices and well known for having successful impacts both economically, environmentally and socially speaking, they are never enough to deal with the full amount of surplus food that a market with high availability and wide variety of products generates. (zerow-project.eu)
  • EV motors rely heavily on permanent magnets, which are expensive given the high concentrations of rare earth material required to deliver the performance required in today's market. (energy.gov)
  • His extensive media coverage and high citation metrics reflect his global impact, making him a true pioneer in accessible and impactful research. (experiment.com)
  • All modern photobioreactors have tried to balance between a thin layer of culture suspension, optimized light application, low pumping energy consumption, capital expenditure and microbial purity. (wikipedia.org)
  • High UV-stability means light transmission remains almost constant, even when exposed to solar and UV radiation, and it's also chemically stable, making cleaning and disinfection easier. (schott.com)
  • Mutants with a 40 percent decrease in antennae were found to more efficiently utilize high-intensity light. (biocycle.net)
  • Replaceable LED light source with high light intensity and lower radiant heat . (fermentador-bioreactor.com)
  • Also, new micro-reactors allow long-term operation with high substrate concentration (1 mol/L) with the Calb enzyme which can be performed complex transesterification reaction. (chemyx.com)
  • In fed-batch experiments, results show that at low medium addition rates, the nitrogen that is incorporated into chitin can reach above 30% of the total nitrogen delivered, and at high medium addition rates, the nitrogen incorporated into chitin can be as low as 5% of the total nitrogen delivered to the system. (confex.com)
  • This project will design and open source photobioreactor where each control sub-system (heating, oxygen and pH control) will be independently controlled but also be able to be coupled all together. (experiment.com)
  • Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cells (SOECs) are used to efficiently convert electrical power into high purity gases, e.g. hydrogen, while Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) can convert gas into electricity and heat. (schott.com)
  • Polymer synthesis is a high control required process. (chemyx.com)
  • Recently, the use of a cobalt catalyst allowed the polymerization of vinyl acetate with high polymerization control in conjugation with reactive ratio improvement thanks to the implementation of continuous flow micro-reactors. (chemyx.com)
  • SCHOTT's versatile range of glass tubing is widely used in the sterilization of air, water and a variety of surfaces, with a high resistance to solarization contributing to its efficiency in the area of germicidal lamp processing. (schott.com)
  • These clean high efficiency systems enable customers to generate renewable energy from a variety of available local low cost waste streams. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • It plans to build a high efficiency power plant in Christchurch UK using locally sourced recycled wood. (canadianbiomassmagazine.ca)
  • Due to the recent prices of the photobioreactors, economically feasible concepts today can only be found within high-value markets, e.g. food supplement or cosmetics. (wikipedia.org)
  • Can we democratize bio-based food and drug research with an open-source photobioreactor? (experiment.com)
  • We need photobioreactors in our own work to do alternative food research as well as low-cost drug discovery for low resource settings. (experiment.com)
  • We will validate our open source photobioreactor by testing its ability to create edible food using 3D printing waste. (experiment.com)
  • When using this type of food waste in a circular economy approach, it is preferable to link the solutions with high value-added applications that can cover the corresponding costs and ensure the economic feasibility of the valorisation process. (zerow-project.eu)
  • This project will fund top 10% ranked students to design, build, and test a parametric open source photobioreactor. (experiment.com)
  • SCHOTT's role in producing high quality glass tubing for photobioreactors is crucial for chemical-free waste water treatment. (schott.com)
  • The highest consumption of nitrogen was 19% and shear rates were of 120-340 s−1. (intechopen.com)
  • To create such an electric field requires a high-performance dielectric material, which is an electrical insulator with a high "permittivity" that can produce a large change in surface charge with a smaller voltage. (tech-life.news)
  • Our DURAN® range of borosilicate glass has the high chemical resistance and all-round durability that makes it ideal for the task. (schott.com)