The Difference Thoughtful Design Makes
BrightWave’s photobioreactors are designed to provide the ideal growth environment, whether your goal is maximizing overall growth rates and densities, maintaining cultures at set parameters, or applying stress factors to enhance metabolite production.
Our PBRs provide you with complete control of lighting, pH, temperature, and nutrient delivery. And all of our PBRs are equipped with BrightWave’s automated continuous cleaning system that provides months of uninterrupted production.
Our design becomes your strategic advantage.
250 Liter PBR
Dimensions: ———- 18″D x 48″H
Performance:* ———- Daily – 83g, Annually – 30kg
Volume: ————— Total – 309L, Working – 250L
Electric Usage: ——– ~105 kWh
Light Intensity: ——– 0 – 400 Lumens/Liter
Tested and Certified at the University of Maryland’s Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology
1100 Liter PBR
Dimensions: ———- 36″D x 86″H
Performance:* ———- Daily – 400g, Annually – 150kg
Volume: ————— Total – 1350L, Working – 1100L
Electric Usage: ——– ~420 kw/hr
Light Intensity:——–0 – 400 Lumens/Liter
How We’re Different
| BrightWave | Pond/Raceway | Legacy Indoor |
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+ Internally Illuminated-i—————–i—-iX
Our proprietary in-water grow lights can be adapted to tanks of any size. They cost-effectively provide full light throughout the photobioreactor, resulting in high growth rates and maximum densities. BrightWave’s novel technology evacuates any heat generated by the lights.
+ Industrial Scale———————————X——————————————————————————–X
By internally illuminating our bioreactors we enable almost unlimited volume. Our cost-effective in-water grow light arrays can illuminate any size bioreactor – whether it’s 200 liters or 2,000,000 liters.
+ Continuous Cleaning—-i——————–X
Our in-water grow lights are continuously cleaned by automated scrubbers that prevent algae buildup. Because the scrubbers are fully immersed within the culture, along with the in-water grow lights, they do not introduce contaminants into the bioreactor.
+ Footprint Efficiency—————l———–X
BrightWave maximizes footprint efficiency, which measures and compares productivity in a given physical space. Our bioreactors outperform any other outdoor or indoor algae growth platform – by a wide margin.
+ Closed System——— —- ————– —–X————————————————-X
Our closed photobioreactors include an automated control system that regulates the primary growth factors including temperature, pH, nutrient delivery, lighting, and air/gas flow – and does so remotely, without exposing any of the components to ambient air. Contamination risk is greatly reduced.
+ Ease of Use———————–l-i————–X
BrightWave’s photobioreactors are fully automated and are controlled via desktop or mobile app. All aspects of operations, from maximizing growth conditions through harvesting, are automated and controlled. PBRs can be used with all micro-algae strains. Systems are maintained with minimal staff.
5100 Liter PBR
Dimensions: ——— 64″D x 134″H
Performance:* ———- Daily – 1850g, Annual – 6,745kg
Volume: ————— Total – 5678L, Working – 5100L
Electric Usage: ——– ~945 kWh
Light Intensity: ——- 0 – 400 Lumens/Liter
35,000 Liter PBR
Dimensions: ———- 120″D x 140″H
Performance:* ———- Day – 12.4kg, Annual – 4538.5kg
Volume: ————— Total – 37680L, Work – 35000L
Electric Usage: ——– ~3780 kWh
Light Intensity: ——– 0 – 400 Lumens/Liter
* Chlorella Vulgaris, BG-11
