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A sealed heated container used for steam sterilization.

Simple, often aquatic, eukaryotic (can see their nucleus surrounded by membrane) organisms that carry on photosynthesis. Can include microalgae or macroalgae (seaweed). When we say “algae” we are most likely referring to microalgae. In technical terms this doesn’t include Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria).

Bivalve Hatcheries, remote setting and nurseries for Oyster: Virginica or Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas), Kumamoto (Crassostrea sikamea), European Flat Oyster or ‘Belons’ (Ostrea edulis), Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata), and the Southern Mud / Australian Flat Oyster (Ostrea angasi), New Zealand Flat Oyster (Ostrea chilensis) Clam: Geoduck Clam (Panopea generosa),  Quahog / Hard / Hard-shell(ed) Clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), Manilla Clam (Venerupis philippinarum), Little Neck Clam (Paphia staminea), Mussels Freshwater Mussels Shrimp laboratories / shrimp hatcheries: Giant Tiger Prawn (Penaeus monodon) whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) Finfish Hatcheries for greenwater technique and for Rotifer enrichment (Brachionus plicatilis) Sablefish, Gouper, Amberjack, Halibut, Branzino, Sea bream, Totoaba, Yellowtail, Cobia, Barramundi Sea cucumber Holothoroidian Marine ornamentals

You can scroll back in time using the algae bioreactor interface to see it graphed on the touchscreen controls. You can also insert a thumb (USB) drive into the front port on the control panel and automatically copy the files onto your drive. It will be exported in a CSV file with headers. You can also login remotely from your computer and transfer the files directly to your desktop.

The control system is consistently monitoring and logging the algae culture’s pH, temperature, CO2 consumption rate, growth rate, nutrient addition rate, water volume inside the vessel, light level and density. All data is graphed on the screen and saved so it can be accessed at a later date and every event is logged.

Our current PBRs are all photoautotrophic.

Each PBR 1250L comes with 2,160 W of our Algal Spectrum LEDs. We do have the ability to customize the LED spectrum for customers looking to increase production of a specific bioproduct (carotenoid etc.) for an additional cost and lead time. Most customers are happy with our Algal Spectrum, as it is efficient and produces healthy algae.

We have bioreactors in over 30 countries around the world. Contact us and our logistics team will help determine and coordinate the requirements for your specific location. We can ship by ground or air depending on your timeline.

No, but it helps :) We’ve trained customers with no algae knowledge and taught them how to grow algae consistently in our photobioreactors. We offer Installation and Inoculum Production Training (IIPT) ranging from 3-7 days. With the longer training period ( 5-7 days) we can train a detail oriented person to be a great algae tech.

The reactor is equipped with rotary spray balls and a spray pump to wash the tank internally between culture runs. Cleaning and sterilizing between culture runs in a 2 step process: biofilm removal and chlorine sterilization. Downtime is very minimal and cleaning hardly takes any effort. Though the cleaning cycle takes 2-4 hours, you can be doing more productive things during that time, than cleaning the tank while you let the spray system work for you.

We recommend cleaning and reinoculating the PBR every 2-3 months. Not because of contamination, but after 2-3 months your daily production usually starts to drop off slowly as a biofilm starts to build-up, so less light gets into the culture. We have had customers grow over 11 months in certain cases as well, but productivity tends to decrease.

The PBR takes between 7-10 days for full scale up with a healthy inoculum. This can be accelerated by using more inoculum volume (ie 60 L instead of 20 L for the 1250L PBR and 2500L PBR).