CCRES First Pilot-scale Algal Production Facility
Nears Completion
An algal production facility located at the CCRES Research Farm will be operational by June. This is the first facility at Croatia that can produce large amounts of algal biomass.
The facility is a 800 square-foot greenhouse that will accommodate two raceway pond systems, four large flat panel photobioreactors and one custom-made revolving attachment-based photobioreactor. The total production capacity will be 100-200 dried kilograms of algae biomass per year.
CCRES Researchers will use the various production systems to quickly grow algal biomass for various research purposes including the production of renewable fuels, food or animal feed. "This greenhouse algal production system will be a test bed for different researchers to try out their algal production capability at a large scale," said Zeljko Serdar, President of CCRES ALGAE TEAM.
"The raceway pond systems are each 20 feet in length and both systems can hold approximately 1,000 liters of algae culture medium. Raceway pond systems are the most common method for large-scale algae cultivation. At first glance, the four flat panel photobioreactors appear to be large tanks," said Ilam Shuhani, Chairman of the CCRES Supervisory Board and professor-in-charge of the greenhouse.
CCRES ALGAE TEAM
part of
Croatian Center of Renewable Energy Sources (CCRES)
