The finished steel platform: the platform was painted and primed in order to improve light reflection as well as deter rusting. Platform is about six feet long on the inclined side. The polycarbonate tubes will be clamped onto the inclined face of the platform and the algae will be grown there. Air pumps and carbon dioxide will be stored and locked in the inside of the platform. Platform before paint: the platform was constructed using steel on all sides, with galvanized steel on the bottom. The steel was bent and welded by my dad at a South San Francisco sheet metal shop. (Berlin Food Equipment) The platform will be placed somewhere on campus within the next month and a small scale tubing design will be constructed.
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SUSTAINABLE ALGAE PHOTOBIOREACTORThe Sustainable Algae Photobioreactor Project is one of the various projects developed through the UC Berkeley division of Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW). A special thanks to The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) here at UC Berkeley for providing the grant to make this project possible.
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