Photobioreactor comprising rotationally oscillating light sources
AssigneeBayer Intellectual Property GmbH
InventorsHelmut BROD, Bjoern FRAHM
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Abstract
The invention relates to a photobioreactor having illumination by light sources (light guides, LEDs) moved in rotational oscillation, and optionally membrane surfaces for gas transport moved in combination in rotational oscillation. Advantages are, inter alia, light input which is spatially homogeneous on average over time and can be adapted by means of intensity and oscillation to the culture and its density, as well as low-shear power input and optionally low-shear bubble free gasification and degassing.
Claims15
A photobioreactor, comprising light sources arbitrarily mobile in rotational oscillation distributed in a bioreactor liquid volume.
A method for promoting growth of phototrophic organisms in a photobioreactor comprising using light guides and/or light emitting diodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.