Harvest and refinery of microalgae (DSP)

Biomass harvesting deals with different technologies bought from manufacturers for biomass harvesting. The choice results from the preliminary technical study aiming at identifying relevant technologies for microalgae harvesting.
As a reference, centrifuges are planned for the harvesting of the extensive production systems (10-20m3/j). They are completed with other state-of-the art or more innovative technologies with lower energy consumption.
Biomass refinery and oil recovery mainly concerns existing equipments from manufacturers (cell grinding, liquid-liquid and liquid-solid extractors). It will allow working on dry, concentrated and wet biomass. For concentrated or wet biomass, cells disrupting technics will be applied in combination with fractioning/separating processes for intracellular compounds recovery. HARVESTING PROCESS
• Preconcentration/concentration systems (flocculation, flotation)
• Filtration and membrane separation
• Centrifuges
BIOREFINERY
• Cell disruption (bead miling)
• Extraction process (IL, DES, eco-extraction)
• Fractioning process (membrane, solvent)- Purification (CPC, membrane)BIOMASS CONDITIONING
• Drying
• Lyophilation
• Congelation