Thursday, July 22, 2010
Connecticut-based Greenleaf Biofuels is collaborating with the Center to study efficient and environmentally friendly methods for cultivating, harvesting, and productively using algae biomass. Greenleaf’s photobioreactor design features four 25-liter tanks, fluorescent lighting, and controllable air and CO2 inputs with pH monitoring. The equipment will be used in projects including life-cycle analysis, flocculant studies, and extraction of chemical building blocks for bio-based products.
Pictured with the Center’s Evan Beach and Zheng Cui are Greenleaf founder and CEO Gus Kellogg and Vice President of Strategic Operations Dan Phillips. Distribution Manager Charlie Beebe and Lauren Hill also contributed to the reactor design.