Patent ID: 8586344
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: C12M

Abstract:
1. A tubular photobioreactor with a core structure of truncated cone shape and at least one transparent or translucent hose, which is wound helically around an outside and/or inside of the core structure, wherein: (a) the at least one transparent or translucent hose comprises an outer hose and a coaxially arranged inner hose connected by a web has at least two chambers, (b) at least one of the outer hose and the inner hose chambers is adapted to support a flow of a culture medium; (c) at least one of the outer hose and the inner hose chambers is adapted to support a flow of a heat-transfer medium, (d) windings of the hose are spaced apart from one another, (e) the tubular photobioreactor is adapted to deliver the culture medium in a pulsed manner and (f) the at least one transparent or translucent hose comprises silicone or comprises non-silicone materials coated with silicone materials.