Until recently, algae has been grown in open air cultivation systems which are expensive and prone to challenges including water evaporation, predators eating the algae cultures, and a large land requirement. Algae has been at used in small-scale versions of these applications for some time, but photobioreactors have unleashed greater potential for algae in all of these areas. The algae bioreactor would not compete with agriculture for land, fertilizer, or freshwater, offering a significant advantage over biofuels derived from corn, soybeans, and sugarcane.Īlgae is an incredibly versatile plant which can be used in a wide variety of commercial and industrial applications from energy to oil to cosmetics, and it possesses impressive potential for carbon capture technology. NASA launched the OMEGA (offshore membrane enclosures for growing algae) photobioreactor in 2009 as a project to grow algae in municipal wastewater and produce biofuel. By Alicat Scientific Algae bioreactors and photobioreactors
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