Microbubbles to Make Biofuel Plants More Economic
(The Engineer) A University of Sheffield researcher has won national recognition for the development of a ’microbubble device’ that promises to make the production of biofuels much more energy efficient.
…This new method consumes much less energy, using a special air-lift loop bioreactor that creates microbubbles using 18% less energy consumption than existing methods.
The miniature gas bubbles, which are less than 50 microns diameter in water, can transfer materials in a bioreactor much more rapidly than larger bubbles produced by conventional bubble generation techniques. They also consume much less energy. READ MORE and MORE (Algae Industry Magazine)