Breakthrough in Algae Farming to Greatly Increase Yields
Bionavitas, Inc., a Redmond Washington based bioscience company has announced a major advance in algae cultivation technology that dramatically increases yields for large scale production.
The patent pending method is based on light immersion technology. The basic idea is to insert additional light sources inside of large algae cultures, in turn defeating the challenge of self shading. Algae by nature becomes more of an obstacle to light penetration as the thickness and saturation with oil increases. By immersing specially designed lights into the culture the company is reporting a 10-12 times increase in yield.
The technology is also being applied to closed reactor systems used to culture algae for use in nutraceuticals and other high grade products. Special high efficiency LED lights are used which red and blue spectrum of light which is more easily absorbed than other parts of the spectrum.
