Patent ID: 11873473
Assignee: nan
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A flowing culture thin film photobioreactor system, comprising:
(i) a suspension of a photosynthetic microorganism,
(ii) an optional enclosure;
(iii) a trickle-film insert disposed in a gaseous environment, the trickle-film insert comprising one or more perforate screens or reticulated sheets oriented vertically to 45 degrees from vertical;
(iv) a light source emitting light onto the trickle-film insert;
(v) a reservoir for collecting culture suspension from the trickle-film insert;
(vi) a means for delivering culture suspension from the reservoir onto and from above the trickle film insert within the enclosure; and
(vii) a surface impeller that sprays culture suspension onto the trickle-film insert to achieve gravity driven trickle flow on the trickle-film insert,, wherein the trickle-film insert is configured to increase travel time of gravity driven downward flow of the culture suspension and increase turbulent mixing of the culture suspension on the trickle-film insert.