Participants
- BIORIZON BIOTECH S.L., Spain.
- UNIVERSITY OF ALMERIA, Spain.
Contacts
Gabriel Acién (facien@ual.es)
Funds:
This project has received funding from the TEMFF-BEW-2020 — Blue Economy SME Window Call.
Current Situation:
In progress
Summary
Five selected strains with proven antifungal, antibacterial and biostimulant activity will be cultivated using wastewater. The cultivation conditions and operational aspects of microalgae production will be optimized, as well as the yield and efficiency of large-scale production systems. Optimization of harvesting and downstream processing is mandatory to ensure the most efficient operating cost. Seawater and waste (sewage and swine manure) will be used to achieve sustainable processes. The optimized microalgae systems will be able to operate in continuous mode for six months without collapse, with productivities higher than 70 t/ha/year, with energy consumptions lower than 5/m3 and recovering more than 90% of the nutrients contained in the waste. Up to 10 t/ha/year and 2 tP/ha/year will be recovered with a biomass production cost of less than 1.0 €/kg.
Objectives:
- Optimization of large-scale production and processing of microalgae strains with biopesticidal activity for the production of final products. :Laboratory optimization of culture conditions to produce selected microalgae strains for enhanced biopesticidal activity. Optimal production of selected strains on a large scale using waste. Optimal harvesting and further processing of biomass for the production of biopesticides and biofertilizers.
- Engineering and scaling for industrial manufacturing processes: Complete engineering development of pilot lines for. Pre-commercial processing. Construction and assembly. Commissioning and optimization.
- Agronomic validation: In vitro and plant tests. Field trials on a pre-commercial scale. Trials with farmers and distributors in real conditions.