Photobioreactors having a vertically-oriented enclosure with a thin panel shape, systems, and methods for using the same to culture productive organisms to accumulate biomass and/or make biofuels or other chemical products.

An airlift bioreactor includes a body, a first sparging region, a second sparging region, a first sparger configured to sparge a first gas within the first sparging region, a second sparger configured to sparge a second gas within sparging region, and a controller coupled to the first sparger and the second sparger. The controller is configured to control a first flow rate associated with the first sparger and a second flow rate associated with the second sparger.

An embodiment relates to a method for producing syngas fermentation products using highly active microorganisms, and in particular, to a method for producing syngas fermentation products using highly active microorganisms capable of maximizing production efficiency of fermentation products by obtaining microorganisms having a highly active cell concentration through a biomass boosting step in a bioreactor and using these in a fermentation process in a separate bioreactor.

The present application relates to a hybrid photobioreactor, which includes a reactor body, wherein the reactor body is equipped with a water tank, a light source device, and a high-pressure rinsing and disinfecting device; the light source device includes transparent casings and LED light strips located within the transparent casings, and the transparent casings are arranged in parallel at intervals within the water tank; the high-pressure rinsing and disinfecting device comprises a plurality of horizontal tubes and a plurality of vertical tubes located under each horizontal tube; a plurality of liquid nozzles are provided on the wall of each vertical tube from top to bottom

An airlift bioreactor includes a body, a first sparging region, a second sparging region, a first sparger configured to sparge a first gas within the first sparging region, a second sparger configured to sparge a second gas within sparging region, and a controller coupled to the first sparger and the second sparger. The controller is configured to control a first flow rate associated with the first sparger and a second flow rate associated with the second sparger.

A WIP management system is disclosed that comprises a data storage device arranged to store work in progress (WIP) data indicative of work in progress financial amounts associated with at least one person, and a filter arranged to facilitate filtering of the WIP data according to received criteria so as to produce filtered WIP data. The system is arranged to facilitate display of filtered WIP information indicative of the filtered WIP data, to facilitate selection by a user of WIP from the filtered WIP information and to instigate invoice processing based on the selected WIP. A corresponding method of managing WIP is also disclosed.

Compositions and methods for a hybrid biological and chemical process that captures and converts carbon dioxide and/or other forms of inorganic carbon and/or CI carbon sources including but not limited to carbon monoxide, methane, methanol, formate, or formic acid, and/or mixtures containing CI chemicals including but not limited to various syngas compositions, into organic chemicals including biofuels or other valuable biomass, chemical, industrial, or pharmaceutical products are provided. The present invention, in certain embodiments, fixes inorganic carbon or CI carbon sources into longer carbon chain organic chemicals by utilizing microorganisms capable of performing the oxyhydrogen reaction and the autotrophic fixation of CO.sub.2 in one or more steps of the process.

An apparatus and method for the delivery and deposition of particles air-liquid-interface (ALI) cell cultures includes a sample inlet coupled to a growth tube having interior walls that are wet. The growth tube is configured to operate at a first temperature along a first length of the tube and a second temperature along a second length positioned between the first length and a growth tube outlet. The apparatus also includes a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzles. The exposure chamber adapted to hold cell cultures at an air-liquid interface positioned underneath the plurality of nozzles and a temperature regulator adapted to control a temperature of the exposure chamber. The apparatus also includes a controller including instructions operable to cause the controller to maintain a relative humidity within the exposure chamber by controlling at least the second temperature of the growth tube and the temperature of the exposure chamber.

The invention relates to a device (10) for biomethanation of a CO- and/or H2-containing gas (8), wherein the biomethanation device is characterized in that it comprises: a first reactor (11) comprising a cavity (12), said first reactor being configured to be placed inside a liquid bath (13) comprising at least one bacterial population, such that, when the first reactor (11) is in contact with the liquid bath (13), a biofilm is formed around the cavity (12); an injector (7) for injecting the CO- and/or H2-containing gas (8) into the cavity (12), the biofilm being capable of carrying out a biological conversion of the CO- and/or H2-containing gas into methane; a first CO2 injection device (14), configured to inject CO2 gas (9) into the liquid bath (13).

The present disclosure provides a cell culture device which includes a case having a space for culturing cells, a culture case placed inside the case and storing a culture solution including cells to be cultured, a fixing portion placed inside the case and configured to pressurize and fix an upper surface and a lower surface of the culture case, and an ultrasonic generator placed on at least one surface of the fixing portion and applying vibration generated by ultrasonic waves to the culture case and which promotes exosome secretion from cells by applying vibration generated by ultrasonic waves to cells to be cultured and improves the degree of ultrasonic vibration transfer by applying ultrasonic waves while fixing upper and lower surfaces of a culture case where cells are cultured.