Schmitz & Kraft (2024): Pilot scale photobioreactor system for land-based macroalgae cultivation
Tonia Annick Schmitz, Eckhard Kraft IN: Journal of Applied Phycology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02617-7
The aim was to develop a closed photobioreactor system enabling full control of abiotic environmental parameters and an effective reconditioning of the cultivation medium in order to produce marine macroalgae at sites distant from the shore. To assess the feasibility and functionality of the chosen technological concept, a prototypal plant has been implemented in central Germany – a site distant from the sea. Using a newly developed, submersible LED light source, cultivation experiments with Ulva intestinalis led to growth rates of 7.72 ± 0.04 % day−1 in a cultivation cycle of 28 days.