Microalgae, microscopic plants that usually grow in aquatic, marine, brackish or freshwater environments, are generally able to reproduce very quickly, often doubling their mass within a day or even a few hours as they can operate closer to the maximum potential of photosynthesis and, therefore, their intensive crops are usually more productive than those of higher plants.
The greenhouse, fully automated and optimized for algae cultivation, provides for the complete recovery of the water used through EMPOWERING DEVICE and cultivation through closed-cycle photobioreactors in an aseptic bioclimatized area that develop in length but on overlapping levels to exploit the entire internal volume of the greenhouse.
The photobioreactors work continuously powered by solar energy while the microalgae, grown intensively, reproduce in the water flow stimulated by a precise radiation of the electromagnetic spectrum also generated by artificial lighting.
Through the natural process of photosynthesis, the CO2 molecules are then biofixed by the microscopic algae.
The collection of microalgae is also automated and takes place through filtration with sheets.
The vegetable biomass produced, collected and dried, is an algal flour that can be used as a product or component for agro-industrial, food and / or nutraceutical markets; or it can be transformed into bio-oil suitable, in turn, for transformation into biodiesel.
Greenhouses are usually inflatable, UV-resistant, transparent, insulated structures such as Etfe and Nilon pillow, without invasiveness and damage to the host soil, removable, movable, modular.
The spans can develop up to 180 meters, able to withstand winds up to 70m / s, holding 250 Kg / m2 of snow, operating life up to 35 years. They require almost no maintenance and are totally recyclable at the end of their life.
Spirulina Arthrospira platensis lived on our planet for more than 3 and a half billion years and is a blue-green spiral-shaped microalgae that reproduces thanks to photosynthesis, like plants. Compared to meat, fish and cheeses which contain 20% of proteins, legumes and eggs which contain 13%, spirulina boasts 70% of proteins, already transformed into amino acid.
It is a 100% vegetable nutraceutical food among the most complete and balanced in nature, already defined by the UN as the best alternative food source of the future.
Algal flour is a source of wealth for its precious use in the food economy and phytocyanin, the pigment molecule, is to be used as a dye or for food supplements due to its antioxidant effect.
