Device and method for photosynthetic culture
First Claim
1. An apparatus configured to contain a light dependent chemical process comprising an enclosure having transparent walls defining an inner chamber to hold a liquid medium, whereby the shape of the inner chamber is structurally stabilized and defined in part or in full by bridging elements formed by integral inwardly projecting extensions of the enclosure walls defining hollow cavities, wherein the hollow cavities are open to the outside of the enclosure at a first sidewall of the enclosure and extend therefrom to planar surfaces of a second opposite sidewall of the enclosure, and said hollow cavities further having truncated ends formed by planar surfaces parallel to the planar surfaces of the second sidewall that directly engage planar surfaces of the second sidewall of the enclosure.
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Abstract
A device and system for growing of a photosynthetic culture is provided which employs one or a plurality of vertically disposed photopanels having interior cavities configured for holding liquid and the photosynthetic culture such as algae. Interior surfaces are enhanced in size by projections defined by deformation in sidewalls of the photopanels. The projections communicate between the sidewalls also providing structural integrity to the photopanel and allowing for thinner sidewalls and increased light transmission therethrough. The system may employ a support rack and pivotal mount to each such photopanel to allow positioning adjacent to each other in rows. Pivoting during different lighting conditions afforded the racked photopanels provides a manner to reduce light blockage to individual photo panels from adjacent photopanels.
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- 1. An apparatus configured to contain a light dependent chemical process comprising an enclosure having transparent walls defining an inner chamber to hold a liquid medium, whereby the shape of the inner chamber is structurally stabilized and defined in part or in full by bridging elements formed by integral inwardly projecting extensions of the enclosure walls defining hollow cavities, wherein the hollow cavities are open to the outside of the enclosure at a first sidewall of the enclosure and extend therefrom to planar surfaces of a second opposite sidewall of the enclosure, and said hollow cavities further having truncated ends formed by planar surfaces parallel to the planar surfaces of the second sidewall that directly engage planar surfaces of the second sidewall of the enclosure.
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