Algae is being cultivated for nutraceutical, biofuel, and animal food applications. The bottleneck in the cultivation process is harvesting the algae in a natural, cost effective manner. Currently applied technologies of centrifugation and DAF are costly and often require the addition of polymers to promote aggregation of the cells to facilitate concentration. SmartFlow Technologies has developed systems to recover algae without the us of polymers and in a cost effective manner. The ConSep® platform can effectively concentrate algae from 1% to over 30% total solids. We are working with compatible technologies to integrate the initial pond harvest from 0.1% to 1% as an input to our systems.
A few examples of algae concentration with ConSep® filters at the lab level are below. The videos demonstrate the capability of the ConSep® platform rather than a particular customer application. The ConSep® platform is linearly scalable, so these and similar dewatering processes can be scaled to any production volume.
Fermented Algae to 60% |
Algae harvest and concentration to 2500X |
