| CPC C12M 21/02 (2013.01) [C12M 23/58 (2013.01); C12M 31/02 (2013.01); C12M 33/00 (2013.01); C12M 41/18 (2013.01); C12M 43/08 (2013.01); Y02P 20/59 (2015.11)] | 13 Claims |
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1. A system for cultivating photosynthetic algal biomass comprising:
at least one bioreactor module comprising:
vertically arranged four cylindrical tanks with a hypocycloidal space in a center thereof, each of the four cylindrical tanks comprises an interior surface that is light-reflective, and wherein the four cylindrical tanks configured to grow algal biomass;
a photothermal generator arranged within the hypocycloidal space, and
wherein the photothermal generator is configured to irradiate light to the algal biomass inside the four cylindrical tanks,
a harvester apparatus comprising:
a biomass receptacle comprising a screen enclosing a membrane, the biomass receptacle configured to receive the algal biomass from the at least one bioreactor module;
a drain compartment in fluid communication with the biomass receptacle and configured to receive content from the biomass receptacle;
a process tank having a drain aperture in communication with the drain compartment; and
an extraction canister housing the biomass receptacle, drain compartment and the process tank;
a conversion apparatus comprising:
two reactors in communication with the harvesterapparatus, the two reactors configured to receive content from the harvester apparatus; and
a pump coupled to each of the two reactors; and
a heat exchanger comprising:
at least one housing including an evaporator housing formed of thermally conductive material, wherein the evaporator housing containing a refrigerant, and wherein the evaporator housing is thermally coupled to the photothermal generator and configured to remove heat generated by the photothermal generator.
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