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Tubular photobioreactor

US8586344B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Wacker Chemie AG · DE

Inventors

Christoph Mueller-Rees · Pullach, DE
Rupert Pfaller · Riemerling, DE
Christian Walter · Emmingen-Liptingen, DE
Fritz Cotta · Merseburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 19, 2010
Grant date	Nov 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 19, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12M29/12
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a tubular photobioreactor that has a core structure in the shape of a truncated cone and one or more transparent or translucent tubes which are helically wound around the outer surface and/or inner surface of the core structure. The tubular photobioreactor is characterized in that the transparent or translucent tube has at least two chambers, through at least one of which the cultivation medium flows and through at least one of which a heat transfer medium flows.

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