Microalgae Facilities

The facilities and expertise at DTI cover the entire value chain of microalgal bioprocess, including cultivation, harvesting, product extraction, stabilization, and characterization.

Cultivation

Lab-scale: Indoor photobioreactors (500 mL to 5 L)

Pilot: Indoor tubular photobioreactor (25 L and 200 L); Outdoor microalgae field: Photobioreactors (up to 5000 L)

Harvesting

Continuous centrifuge (for both technical and food grade applications)

Vibrating membrane filtration units (both lab scale and pilot scale systems)

Drying

Freeze dryer (for lab scale testing)

Spray Dryer (for food grade applications)

Extraction

Supercritical CO₂ extraction (100 g to 5 kg feedstock capacity)

Extraction/hydrolysis tanks (pilot scale systems for food grade protein and starch)