PHOTOBIOREACTOR FOR MICROALGAE CULTIVATION HAVING ARC-TYPE PARTITION STRUCTURE FOR FORMING VORTICES
First Claim
1. A photobioreactor for microalgae cultivation, comprising:
- a cultivation panel major body having a cultivation space into which microalgae are injected to be cultivated and support ribs formed at regular intervals on an external surface thereof;
a gas supply pipe provided at a lower portion of the cultivation panel major body to pass through the cultivation space in a transverse direction and thus discharge inflow gas; and
at least one vortex forming partition extending in a transverse direction from an internal wall of the cultivation panel major body and formed to have an arc shape and thus cause a vortex to an ascending current of the gas supplied through the gas supply pipe,wherein the support ribs are configured to prevent deformation of shapes of a front surface cover and a rear surface cover due to a water pressure generated according to filling of a cultivation solution or the microalgae in the cultivation panel major body and distortion of the cultivation panel major body through the ascending current of the gas.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a photobioreactor for microalgae cultivation having a bubble circulation structure, which allows gas flowing into a cultivation space to generate a vortex and thus circulate microalgae, thereby improving cultivation efficiency of the microalgae.
A photobioreactor for microalgae cultivation according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cultivation panel major body having the cultivation space into which the microalgae are injected to be cultivated; a gas supply pipe provided at a lower portion of the cultivation panel major body to pass through the cultivation space in a transverse direction and thus discharge inflow gas; and at least one vortex forming partition extending in a transverse direction from an internal wall of the cultivation panel major body and formed to have an arc shape and thus cause a vortex to an ascending current of gas supplied through the gas supply pipe.
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1. A photobioreactor for microalgae cultivation, comprising:
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a cultivation panel major body having a cultivation space into which microalgae are injected to be cultivated and support ribs formed at regular intervals on an external surface thereof; a gas supply pipe provided at a lower portion of the cultivation panel major body to pass through the cultivation space in a transverse direction and thus discharge inflow gas; and at least one vortex forming partition extending in a transverse direction from an internal wall of the cultivation panel major body and formed to have an arc shape and thus cause a vortex to an ascending current of the gas supplied through the gas supply pipe, wherein the support ribs are configured to prevent deformation of shapes of a front surface cover and a rear surface cover due to a water pressure generated according to filling of a cultivation solution or the microalgae in the cultivation panel major body and distortion of the cultivation panel major body through the ascending current of the gas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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