Disclosed is a mass-cultivation system for microalgae, including a reactor that contains a cultivation liquid in the interior thereof, wherein the liquid includes functional particles. According to the mass-cultivation system for microalgae according to the present invention, because various functions that are necessary for cultivation of microalgae may be uniformly distributed in a cultivation liquid by allowing functional particles having various functions to flow in the cultivation liquid, a suitable environment may be created based on the cultivation of a large amount of microalgae and the growth of microalgae so that a high efficiency cultivation system may be realized while the problems of mass-cultivation of an existing cultivation system may be solved.

A gliding wave reactor includes a base, a tank, a suspension bracket, and an actuator. The tank is configured to hold a liquid. The suspension bracket is configured to suspend the tank over the base. The actuator is fixed to the base and configured to move the tank to create an environment in the liquid for cultivating marine life.

In this invention there is provided an illumination system for a photosynthetic organism-growing medium. This system comprises a waterproof housing arranged to be inserted into a photosynthetic organism-growing medium and having a length along a longitudinal axis that is greater than a width. It also comprises a light source arranged to provide illumination along the length of the housing, and a diffuser arranged within the waterproof housing, the diffuser having a narrow end directed towards the light source and a wider end away from the light source and having a diffusive reflective surface arranged to diffusively reflect light from the light source to outside the housing.

The photoreactor system includes a chamber, a lid, a catalyst coating, and an oxygen supply port. The photoreactor system is configured to process a sample by breaking down organic molecules, such as Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The catalyst coating is coupled to an interior surface of the chamber. The photoreactor system includes a mixing blade to agitate the sample. The chamber also includes a baffle substantially covered with the catalyst coating to enhance the turbulent flow of the sample and provide more catalyst coated surface area within the chamber.

Culture systems and methods of using same. The systems include a housing defining an inner space. The inner space includes a headspace and at least a portion of a reservoir. A surface for immobilizing cells is moveable between the headspace and the reservoir. The systems can be used for coculturing methanotrophs and phototrophs for processing biogas and wastewater, particularly from anaerobic digesters.

Reactors, systems and processes for the production of biomass by culturing microorganisms in aqueous liquid culture medium circulating inner loop reactor which utilize nonvertical pressure reduction zones are described. Recovery and processing of the culture microorganisms to obtain products, such as proteins or hydrocarbons is described.

A method for preparing a solid medium platform for cultivating algae, comprising obtaining an algae culture solution (“ACS”) at approximately room temperature of a specific volumetric quantity, denoted “x”; creating raw agarose solution (“AS”) by adding low melting point agarose powder (“AP”) to water of a volume equal to “x” in a container that is different from the one used for said ACS; heating and stirring AS; cooling or waiting for the AS to cool down to approximately 15-35% above the gelling temperature of the AS; adding micronutrients supportive of algae growth after AS has cooled to approximately 15-35% above the gelling temperature of the AS to create an agarose micronutrient solution (“AMS”); after the AMS has cooled, combining the AMS with ACS and pouring the mixture into an open container and stirring; apportioning the AMS/ACS mixture into cultivating container(s); and waiting for the mixture to congeal.

The present invention concerns the field of high-efficiency, quality-controlled production of blue-green algae for direct human consumption, for extraction of proteins, vitamins, and amino acids, and for production of organic materials loaded with the special isotope 13C.

It is an object of the present invention to describe a high-efficiency photobioreactor.

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe bioreactor systems that integrate phototrophic organism cultivation with energy harvesting, methods of using said bioreactor systems, and the like. The bioreactor systems can comprise a bioreactor, wherein the bioreactor is configured to cultivate a phototrophic organism in a liquid growth medium, and at least one transparent photovoltaic panel positioned between the bioreactor and a light source, where the transparent photovoltaic panel transmits select wavelengths of light and absorbs select wavelengths of light.

A technique for learning and steering evolutionary dynamics may include initializing a bioreactor including a population of evolving organisms; determining selection pressures; (a) applying the selection pressures to the population; (b) determining the population state and storing it in a population dataset; (c) detecting whether the population has reached a stable state; (d) if the population has reached the stable state: obtaining data representing the stable state, redetermining the selection pressures based on a selection pressure policy, and storing the data and the redetermined selection pressures in a stable state dataset; (e) determining whether one or more stopping criteria have been met; and repeating steps (a)-(e) until at least one of the stopping criteria is met.