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Product Category: Algae Photobioreactors
Phyco-Tainer
The Phyco-Tainer system is a complete algae production facility fitted inside a single or multiple containers. This allows for a quick, flexible and mobile solution where microalgae are needed for research purposes or commercial production of either shellfish, fish or shrimp. The system can be single species or multi species according to the chosen configuration. […]
Phyco-Conical
Phyco-Conical Our Phyco-Conical column photobioreactors are ideally suited to laboratory and inoculum production.Each system is comprised of a tube of 2 m in length,with a total volume dependent on the diameter(60-370 L). The system is fabricated in Schott borosilicate glass, with the top and bottom connections made from fibreglass, mounted on a light-weight aluminium frame.A […]
Phyco-Pond
Phyco-Pond The Phyco-Pond is a high rate algal pond (HRAP) manufactured by Varicon Aqua according to optimised geometric considerations which impact rate of mixing, photosynthetic efficiency, power consumption and biomass yield. Smaller systems are fabricated from a fibre glass mould, whilst larger systems comprise of a levelled and compacted solid matrix, onto which an impermeable […]
Phyco-Bubble
Column Photobioreactor Our Phyco-Bubble columns bring a fully controllable laboratory scale reactor system to the marketplace. The columns are available in a range of incremental sizes from 3 – 25 L, and can be illuminated with LED or Gro-Lux back lighting that can be tailored to specific photosynthetic requirements. The systems are mixed by aeration […]
Controlled Temperature Chamber
Controlled Temperature Chamber The Varicon Aqua controlled temperature chambers (CTCs) are a range of bespoke high efficiency incubators. The systems have been designed to meet the specific requirements of both scientist and production specialist working in the field of photosynthetic organisms. The CTC is a temperature controlled incubator which can be manufactured to meet the […]
Phyco-Lift
Airlift Photobioreactor The Phyco-Lift range of photobioreactors provides a robust laboratory or pilot sized solution to growing algae for commercial or research purposes (0.07 – 2.5 m3). The simple modular design allows for scale-up with negligible performance drop; and the reactor can be operated in either airlift or column mixing configurations, both of which allow […]
Phyco-Flow™
Serpentine Photobioreactor The Phyco-Flow™ photobioreactor is an innovative serpentine system that scales easily to meet increased production requirements at both pilot and commercial scales (0.6 – 30 m3 in volume). This configuration has superseded our BioFence photobioreactor and offers numerous operational improvements. This includes lower capital and operational costs, and reduced shut down time via […]
