Equipment

Lab- culturing

Respirometric device: automatic DO and pH control to measure oxygen production and consumption rates in algal/bacteria consortia

Bench-scale photobioreactors:

• pH control with CO2 bubbling

• Magnetic stirring

• Dissolved oxygen on-line measurement

• Feeding pump for continuous operation

• 4 parallel reactors

• Light with OSRAM-FLUORA lamps

Available pilot-scale culturing

Bubble –column (90 L):

• Gas compressor

• Flue-gas pretreatment

• Feeding pump/overflow for continuous operation

Raceway (6 m2):

• paddle-wheel,

• pH, DO, temperature monitoring

• pH-control by CO2 or flue gas bubbling

• independent bubble-column

• Feeding pump for continuous operation

Thin layer (20 m2):

• pH, DO, temperature monitoring

• pH-control by CO2 bubbling

• Feeding and recirculation pump for continuous operation