Patent ID: 8507264
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: B01D,C02F,C12M,C12N,Y02A,Y02C,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A photobioreactor system comprising: a plurality of interconnectable photobioreactor sections which, when connected together, form at least one longitudinally-oriented photobioreactor unit of the photobioreactor system, the photobioreactor sections each comprising a liquid flow channel defined within a base and a light-transparent cover that forms a gas headspace between the cover and the liquid flow channel; wherein the cover is constructed and arranged to cover at least a substantial portion of the liquid flow channel and is configured to be separable from the base and capable of providing the gas headspace even when a gas pressure within the photobioreactor unit is less than the atmospheric pressure surrounding the photobioreactor section.