Patent ID: 9688951
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: C12M

Claim:
1. A photo bioreactor system for growing a photosynthetic culture in an aqueous liquid, the photo bioreactor system comprising: a. a vessel arranged to contain the aqueous liquid; and b. a lighting system arranged to irradiate the photosynthetic culture below the surface of the aqueous liquid, wherein the lighting system comprises coupled lighting panels that form canal sections in the vessel, the lighting panels being arranged to be at least partially submerged in the aqueous liquid, wherein each lighting panel comprises transparent sidewalls forming a compartment, the compartment containing a light source for lighting the photosynthetic culture, the lighting panel being free of an air gap between the sidewalls and the light source; and wherein the photo bioreactor system further comprises a harvester system having a scoop construction comprising a scoop, arranged to scoop at least part of the photosynthetic culture from the aqueous liquid, and a collector system, arranged to collect at least part of the scooped photosynthetic culture, wherein the scoop comprises a sieve, arranged to scoop a predetermined fraction of the photosynthetic culture.