BIOCAP PROTOTYPE 1.0- AUGUST 2023
The Algae Collection System
VALIDATING OUR ANALYTICAL MODEL
During the summer of 2023, BioCap's first prototype was built and tested. This was a big first milestone, but in order to achieve the scale of carbon capture BioCap is targeting, a larger, more capable system is required. To help achieve this, the BioCap team is developing a digital model that can be used to scope the design, scale it, and optimize the system's performance. Prototype 1.0 will serve as a test case that BioCap can use to test correlate the digital model and inform improvements to the model. This is critical for instilling confidence in future designs and ensuring we maintain a net-negative carbon footprint.
COLLECTION
Our collection process starts with a boom retraction to physically concentrate algae from a body of water.
FILTRATION
We continue to partner with Sartorius to provide the best quality hollow fiber tangential flow filtration systems, allowing us to harvest the algae that was concentrated by the boom.
