PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ADSORPTIVE BUBBLE SEPARATION

摘要

A continuous process for recovering and concentrating valuable components from microalgae, the process comprising:
a. obtaining microalgae from a source thereof,
b. disrupting the microalgae by agitation in the presence of solid particles to give a conditioned microalgal slurry, and
c. treating the resulting conditioned microalgal slurry with an adsorptive bubble separation process to form a stream rich in algal biomass and a stream depleted in algal biomass;
the continuous process further comprising:
after (b), but before (c), separating the solid particles to produce a conditioned microalgal suspension.