Pre-culture and laboratory systems for microalgae cultivation
Enhance your microalgae cultivation with precise control and scalability, ensuring optimal growth conditions and high-quality biomass production through innovative airlift photobioreactor technology.
Cultivates and Optimizes Microalgae Growth Conditions
Subitec’s Flat-Panel-Airlift Photobioreactor Systems offer a scalable solution for microalgae cultivation, tailored for diverse applications like pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and carbon capture. These systems leverage air-lift technology, optimizing aeration and CO2 transfer for robust algae growth. With culture volumes ranging from 6 to 180 liters, they suit lab to pre-scale operations. Their hermetically sealed design ensures contamination-free production, ideal for sensitive and high-value microalgae strains. Integrated LED illumination and precise temperature control support high-density cultures. Systems offer easy data monitoring via touchscreen interfaces, making them adaptable for continuous or batch processes in demanding industrial environments.
Benefits
- Ensures contamination-free cultivation, crucial for high-value microalgae products.
- Supports scalability, seamlessly transitioning from lab to industrial-scale production.
- Enhances growth efficiency with precise control over light, temperature, and CO2 levels.
- Minimizes floor space usage while maximizing productivity per square meter.
- Offers versatility for various industries, from nutraceuticals to wastewater treatment.
- Applications
- Animal feed,Nutraceuticals,Cosmetics,Pharma,Carbon capture,Wastewater treatment,Food supplements
- End products
- Chlorella powder,Algae-based bioremediation agents,Algal-derived carbon capture solutions,Astaxanthin capsules,Spirulina tablets,Algal beta-carotene,Algae-based animal feed additives,Algae-based detoxifying face masks,Microalgae biomass for wastewater treatment,Algae-based skincare creams,Algal protein powder,Algal dha supplements,Omega-3 algae oil
- Steps before
- Inoculation,Media Preparation,Culture Initiation
- Steps after
- Bioharvesting,Biomass Processing,Product Purification
- Input ingredients
- microalgae,CO2,light,temperature control
- Output ingredients
- microalgal biomass,high-density microalgal culture,high-quality microalgal biomass
- Market info
- Subitec GmbH is known for its expertise in cultivating microalgae using its unique flat-panel airlift (FPA) photobioreactor technology, providing sustainable solutions for biofuel production, bioplastics, and high-value ingredients in various industries.
- Cultivation volume
- 6 litres
- Photosynthetic surface
- 0.6 square metres
- Lighting type
- LED 4000 K / 230 V / 50 Hz / 320 W
- LED intensity
- 80..800 µmol m-2s-1
- Illuminated area
- 400 x 750 mm
- Operating volume
- 6 litres
- Cultivation volume
- 28 litres
- Photosynthetic surface
- 2.3 square metres
- LED intensity
- max. 800 µmol m-2 s-1
- Illuminated area
- 900 x 1300 mm
- Operating volume
- 28 litres
- Cultivation volume
- 112 litres
- Photosynthetic surface
- 9.3 square metres
- LED intensity
- 160..800 µmol m-2 s-1
- Illuminated area
- 900 x 1300 mm
- Operating volume
- 180 litres
- Photosynthetic surface
- 9.0 square metres
- LED intensity
- 160..800 µmol m-2 s-1
- Illuminated area
- 1800 x 2500 mm
- Working mechanism
- Flat-Panel-Airlift-Photobioreactor
- Integrated steps
- Multiphase cultivation process
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC-controlled
- CO2 transfer efficiency
- Improved CO2 transfer with airlift system
- Contamination prevention
- Hermetically sealed design
- Scalability
- Lab to industrial scale
- Light control
- Dimmable LED grow lights
- Temperature control
- Precise
- Photosynthetic Efficiency
- High photosynthetic surface area
- Shear stress management
- Minimized shear stress
- Mixing efficiency
- Fast and effective mixing
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Contamination-free production
- Hermetically sealed system
- Machine footprint
- Compact
- Cultivation volume
- 6 litres (LS6),28 litres (LS28),112 litres (LS4x28),180 litres (LS180)
- Photosynthetic surface area
- 0.6 m² (LS6),2.3 m² (LS28),9.3 m² (LS4x28),15 m² (LS180)
- Flat-Panel-Airlift-Photobioreactor
- Used in all models
- LED unit dimensions
- 400 x 750 mm (LS6),900 x 1300 mm (LS28/LS4x28),1800 x 2500 mm (LS180)
- Illuminated area
- Per FPA
- Modularity
- Multiple units (LS4x28 with 4 FPAs)
- Pressure regulators
- Air and CO2
- Control panel type
- Touchscreen
- LED unit
- Integrated,Dimmable
- Photosynthetic surface
- Customizable (0.6 - 15 square metres)
- Airlift photobioreactor configuration
- Single and Quad-core Options
- Operating volume
- Customizable (6 - 180 litres)
- Growth environment control
- Light,Temperature,CO2 levels