ALGAEMAX
Reduction of microalgae harvesting costs via the development of an ultrasound flow cell to provide pre-concentration
| Coordinatore | ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS CATALONIA, SA
Organization address
address: CALLE VICTOR PRADERA 45 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Spain [ES] |
| Totale costo | 1˙470˙912 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙119˙986 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2012 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME |
| Anno di inizio | 2012 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2012-10-01 - 2014-10-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ATEKNEA SOLUTIONS CATALONIA, SA
Organization address
address: CALLE VICTOR PRADERA 45 contact info |
ES (CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT BARCELONA) | coordinator | 70˙536.55 |
| 2 |
SONIC SYSTEMS LTD SSL
Organization address
address: BAKERS FARM BARNS PUCKINGTON contact info |
UK (ILMINSTER) | participant | 302˙014.10 |
| 3 |
Salata GmbH
Organization address
address: AN DER SALZBRUCKE contact info |
DE (RITSCHENHAUSEN) | participant | 245˙759.02 |
| 4 |
HAKKI USTA MAK.SAN.TIC.LTD.STI
Organization address
city: AYDIN contact info |
TR (AYDIN) | participant | 240˙511.58 |
| 5 |
CAGLAR DOGAL URUNLER YENILENEBILIR ENERJI GUBRE GIDA VE TARIM ITHALAT IHRACAT SANAYI TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI
Organization address
address: ALTINTAS MAHALLESI AHMET BESIM UYAL CADDESI NO 4 A 18 contact info |
TR (URLA) | participant | 237˙791.90 |
| 6 |
NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Organization address
address: SERCO HOUSE 16 BARTLEY WOOD - BUSINESS PARK BARTLEY WAY 16 contact info |
UK (HOOK - HAMPSHIRE) | participant | 23˙372.87 |
| 7 |
ALGAELINK NV
Organization address
address: INDUSTRIEWEG 21 contact info |
NL (YERSEKE) | participant | 0.00 |
| 8 |
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
Organization address
address: Hansastrasse 27C contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
The worldwide production of microalgae is currently around 5,000 tons per year of dry algal biomass, and is used for livestock feed, fish meal, and high value extracts for dietary supplements, functional foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Microalgae contain around 30% by weight of lipids/oil, and are regarded as a highly promising feedstock for biofuels, primarily biodiesel.
Microalgae are commercially grown in open ponds or bioreactors, and then harvested using a centrifuge separator. The centrifuge step is highly energy intensive, due to the properties of the microalgae and their low concentration in the growing medium (water), and represents a major obstacle to the economic viability of microalgae biodiesel production. The capital investment required for the centrifuge is also a barrier for widespread SME entry to the sector.
The ALGAEMAX project aims to address these issues via the development and demonstration of an innovative and cost effective ultrasound flow cell to concentrate the microalgae, with the aim of eliminating the centrifuge component.
Introduzione (Teaser)
Researchers have investigated the use of acoustics technology to clump algal cells together in a concentration step before harvesting them for biofuel production.