PHOTOBIOREACTOR COMPRISING FLEXIBLE OR DEFORMABLE MATERIAL

摘要

The present invention relates to a photobioreactor for industrial cultures of microalgae or other photosynthetic organisms, having low costs of manufacturing and annual operations, as well as high production yields due to the capability to obtain a large lighted surface and to install high volumes of culture for unit of occupied surface area. Said photobioreactor and the structure of the same, include a substantially cylindrical hollow element made of flexible or deformable material, upper and lower stoppers made of rigid material and placed to close the hollow element, semicylindrical upper and lower cages, so that the rigid cylindrical structure derived from the connection of the two cages, supports and contains the culture flexible chamber composed by the stoppers and the hollow element, which thus takes the form of the cylindrical structure.