I was wondering if algae with a lot of oil produced float to the top of their suspension culture based bioreactors - wouldn't this mess up the bioreactor system? (e.g algae all bunched to the top so there's less mass transport of nutrients and waste etc)
I've seen picture of algae production systems where there's a pond with algae floating on top, but I've also seen more conventional stirred suspension bioreactor tank systems that resemble what would be used for bacteria, CHO cells etc in biopharma applications!
Hello John
As per the given literature and studies done till date, there is no specific data is present which says that algal species having a good amount of lipid floats on the top. Usually, algae mix in the culture media and harvesting of culture media is done to collect the biomass and then extraction of lipid is done.
I hope this might help you.
Thanks
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