阅读说明：本技术 一种闪光照明式微藻生物膜反应器及微藻培养方法 (Flash illumination type microalgae biofilm reactor and microalgae culture method ) 是由 何梅琳 刘瑞卿 王长海 李丹 于 2021-07-08 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种闪光照明式微藻生物膜反应器,包括培养容器、吸附培养膜组件、闪光照明系统和气体供给系统；吸附培养膜组件悬挂在培养容器内部并浸入培养液中；闪光照明系统由LED灯板和闪光频率控制器组成,在吸附培养膜组件的两侧分别平行放置LED灯板,由闪光频率控制器控制LED灯板的闪光频率和光照强度；在培养容器底部设有气体分布器,气体分布器与气体供给系统连接。本发明公开了一种微藻培养方法,将处于对数期的微藻接种至闪光照明式微藻光生物膜反应器,调节闪光频率为1～100HZ,占空比为1:1,光照强度为2000～5000Lux。本发明闪光照明模式降低了照明成本,减轻了微藻的光抑制,提高微藻生物量和光合效率。(The invention discloses a flash illumination type microalgae biofilm reactor which comprises a culture container, an adsorption culture membrane assembly, a flash illumination system and a gas supply system, wherein the adsorption culture membrane assembly is arranged in the culture container; the adsorption culture membrane assembly is hung in the culture container and is immersed in the culture solution; the flash lighting system consists of an LED lamp panel and a flash frequency controller, the LED lamp panels are respectively arranged on two sides of the adsorption culture membrane assembly in parallel, and the flash frequency and the illumination intensity of the LED lamp panels are controlled by the flash frequency controller; the bottom of the culture container is provided with a gas distributor which is connected with a gas supply system. The invention discloses a microalgae culture method, which comprises the steps of inoculating microalgae in a logarithmic phase to a flash illumination type microalgae photobioreactor, adjusting the flash frequency to be 1-100 HZ, adjusting the duty ratio to be 1:1, and adjusting the illumination intensity to be 2000-5000 Lux. The flash illumination mode of the invention reduces the illumination cost, lightens the light inhibition of microalgae, and improves the biomass and photosynthetic efficiency of the microalgae.)

1. A flash illumination formula little algae biofilm reactor which characterized in that: comprises a culture container, an adsorption culture membrane component, a flash illumination system and a gas supply system; the adsorption culture membrane assembly comprises a suspension rod and a membrane assembly suspended by the suspension rod, wherein the membrane material of the membrane assembly is selected from nylon, cotton cloth, a polyvinyl chloride film and a polyethylene membrane, and the adsorption culture membrane assembly is suspended in the culture container and is immersed in culture solution for attachment growth of microalgae cells; the flash lighting system is arranged outside the culture container, the LED lamp panels are respectively arranged on two sides of the adsorption culture membrane assembly in parallel, and the flash frequency and the illumination intensity of the LED lamp panels are controlled by the flash frequency controller; a gas distributor connected to a gas supply system and arranged at the bottom of the culture container for supplying CO to the culture container₂A gas having a concentration of 0 to 10%.

2. The flash-illuminated microalgae biofilm reactor of claim 1, wherein: the culture container is square; the culture container is a closed or semi-closed box body.

3. The flash-illuminated microalgae biofilm reactor of claim 1 or 2, wherein: when the culture container is a semi-closed box body, the top of the culture container is provided with an air outlet.

4. The flash illuminated microalgae biofilm reactor of claim 1, wherein: the membrane module consists of a membrane material and a supporting frame for fixing the membrane material.

5. The flash illuminated microalgae biofilm reactor of claim 1, wherein: the LED lamp panel is provided with a plurality of parallel LED lamp belts.

6. The flash illuminated microalgae biofilm reactor of claim 1, wherein: the gas distributor is arranged right below the adsorption culture membrane component.

7. The flash illuminated microalgae biofilm reactor of claim 1, wherein: the gas distributor is porous air stone.

8. The flash illuminated microalgae biofilm reactor of claim 1, wherein: the gas supply system comprises a gas mixing chamber and CO arranged in the gas mixing chamber₂The gas mixing chamber is communicated with a carbon dioxide inlet pipeline and an air inlet pipeline through CO₂The concentration sensor controls the preparation of carbon dioxide and air into gas with the carbon dioxide concentration of 0-10%; the gas mixing chamber is distributed with the gas at the bottom of the culture container through a gas supply pipelineThe connectors are connected.

9. The flash illuminated microalgae biofilm reactor of claim 8, wherein: air valves are respectively arranged on the carbon dioxide air inlet pipeline and the air inlet pipeline; and a flow control meter is arranged on the gas supply pipeline.

10. A microalgae culture method is characterized in that: the method comprises the following steps: inoculating microalgae in logarithmic phase into a culture container of the flash illumination type microalgae photobioreactor reactor in claim 1, adjusting the culture temperature to be 20-26 ℃, the flash frequency to be 1-100 HZ, the duty ratio to be 1:1, the illumination intensity to be 2000-5000 Lux, and introducing CO into the culture container from a gas supply system₂The concentration range is 0-10% gas, and the ventilation amount is 0.5-3L/min.

Technical Field

The invention relates to a photosynthetic bioreactor for microalgae scale culture, in particular to a flash illumination type microalgae photobioreactor comprising a flash illumination system and an adsorption culture system, and a microalgae culture method adopting the flash illumination type microalgae photobioreactor.

Background

With the gradual transformation of the aquaculture industry from paying attention to yield to pursuing quality, the demand of people on the quality of cultured animals is increasingly improved, and the bait is one of the key factors for improving the feeding quality of the animals. Microalgae are the primary producers of aquatic ecosystems and have the characteristics of rapid growth, high photosynthetic efficiency and the like. In recent years, microalgae is rich and balanced in nutrition due to the fact that microalgae is rich in proteins, fatty acids, polysaccharides, vitamins, antioxidant substances, pigments, trace elements and the like, and better meets the requirements of upgrading of a healthy culture concept and consumers, can be used as direct or indirect bait for larvae or adults of fishes, shrimps and shellfish, provides feasibility for relieving the problem of shortage of fish meal and fish oil resources, and is concerned in the development of novel aquatic feed resources. In addition, the microalgae has the advantages of strong adaptability, small pressure on the environment in the culture process, small production occupied area and the like, so that the microalgae bait has great development and application potential.

At present, the photo-bioreactors used for culturing microalgae are mainly divided into open photo-bioreactors and closed photo-bioreactors. The closed photobioreactor can avoid the problems of pollution, water evaporation and the like, provide stable and controllable conditions, and maintain the illumination, nutrient concentration and the like at the optimal culture conditions in the whole culture process, thereby obtaining higher biomass. There are three types of closed photobioreactors currently in commercial use: a flat plate photobioreactor, a tubular photobioreactor and a column photobioreactor. The flat plate type photobioreactor has the advantages of relatively simple structure, easy processing, easy cleaning, low cost, easy control of operation conditions, low construction cost and wide application in high-density culture of microalgae. However, microalgae have low density in the suspension culture process, and a large amount of liquid needs to be removed during harvesting, so that the cost is greatly increased. The growth rate of the microalgae can be greatly improved under the appropriate illumination condition, but the continuous illumination of the microalgae can generate photoinhibition.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to: aiming at the problems that the harvesting cost of a microalgae photobioreactor is too high, light inhibition is generated by continuous illumination of microalgae and the like, the flash illumination type microalgae photobioreactor is provided, the microalgae are attached to a membrane material to grow, a flash light source is adjusted, the microalgae biomass yield is improved by utilizing the microalgae flash effect, and the industrial illumination cost is reduced. Meanwhile, the membrane material is used for adsorbing microalgae cells, so that the harvesting cost is reduced, and the practical production and application are facilitated.

The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:

a flash lighting type microalgae photobioreactor comprises a culture container 1, an adsorption culture membrane assembly, a flash lighting system and a gas supply system; the adsorption culture membrane assembly is suspended in the culture container 1 and is immersed in the culture solution for the attachment and growth of microalgae cells; the flash lighting system consists of an LED lamp panel 9 and a flash frequency controller 8, the flash lighting system is positioned outside the culture container 1, the LED lamp panels 9 are respectively arranged on two sides of the adsorption culture membrane assembly 2 in parallel, and the flash frequency controller 8 controls the flash frequency and the illumination intensity of the LED lamp panel 8 so that the adsorption culture membrane assembly receives uniform illumination; a gas distributor 6 is provided at the bottom of the culture container 1, the gas distributor 6 is connected to a gas supply system, and CO is supplied to the culture container₂And promoting photosynthesis of the microalgae by using gas with the concentration of 0-10%.

The culture container 1 is square. The culture container 1 is a closed or semi-closed box body. When the culture container 1 is a semi-closed box body, an air outlet is arranged at the top of the culture container; the air outlet is a circular air outlet with the diameter of 1 cm.

The adsorption culture membrane assembly comprises a suspension rod 7 and a membrane assembly 2 suspended by the suspension rod 7, wherein the membrane assembly 2 consists of a membrane material and a support frame for fixing the membrane material, and the membrane assembly is suspended on the suspension rod, so that the suspension position can be adjusted according to the size of the membrane assembly. The microalgae are attached to the membrane component to grow, and the membrane material is selected from nylon, cotton cloth, polyvinyl chloride film, polyethylene film and the like according to the species of the microalgae and culture conditions.

Four sides of the membrane material are fixed by a supporting frame; the supporting frame is made of plastic, and the size of the supporting frame can be changed according to the size of the film material.

The LED lamp panel 9 is provided with a plurality of parallel LED strips 10.

The flash frequency controller 8 is composed of a digital control panel, a programmable circuit and a current contact actuator, the digital control panel is connected with the programmable circuit, and the programmable circuit controls the current contactor to actuate so as to change the frequency of the output current and regulate the current with controllable frequency. The output current is introduced into the LED lamp panel, so that the LED light emits pulsed light. The skilled person can control the flash frequency and the illumination intensity of the LED lamp panel 9 by the flash frequency controller 8 based on the common knowledge in the art. The flash frequency controller 8 controls the current to be cut off through the integrated circuit, and controls the illumination intensity by adjusting the distance between the LED lamp panel 9 and the adsorption culture membrane assembly or increasing or decreasing the number of the LED lamp strips 10 on the LED lamp panel 9. According to the growth requirement of microalgae cells, the current is adjusted by the flash frequency controller 8, and different light dark periods and duty ratios are set, so that the flash frequency of the LED array is adjusted.

The gas distributor 6 is arranged under the adsorption culture membrane component 2.

The gas distributor 6 is porous air stone; further, the gas distributor 6 is a porous air stone made of quartz sand or plastic.

The gas supply system comprises a gas mixing chamber 5, and CO arranged in the gas mixing chamber 5₂The gas mixing chamber 5 of the concentration sensor is communicated with a carbon dioxide inlet pipeline and an air inlet pipeline through CO₂Concentration sensor for separately controlling dioxygenGasifying carbon and air, and preparing carbon dioxide and air into mixed gas with the concentration of carbon dioxide of 0-10%; the gas mixing chamber 5 is connected with the gas distributor 6 at the bottom of the culture container 1 through a gas supply pipeline, so that uniform gas distribution is realized, the proper carbon dioxide concentration of the microalgae is provided, and the photosynthesis is promoted.

The shape and the size of the gas mixing chamber 5 can be adjusted according to actual requirements, and the gas mixing function is provided.

And air valves 4 are respectively arranged on the carbon dioxide air inlet pipeline and the air inlet pipeline.

And a flow control meter 3 is arranged on the air supply pipeline.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a microalgae cultivation method, comprising: inoculating microalgae in logarithmic phase into a culture container of a flash illumination type microalgae photobioreactor, adjusting the culture temperature to 20-26 ℃, the flash frequency to 1-100 HZ, the duty ratio to 1:1, the illumination intensity to 2000-5000 Lux, and introducing CO into the culture container from a gas supply system₂Gas with a concentration of 0-10% and a ventilation amount of 0.5-3L/min.

Selecting a culture solution according to microalgae types: BG11 culture solution is used for Chlorella, and f/2 culture solution is used for benthic diatom such as Chlorella.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

the flash illumination type microalgae photobioreactor disclosed by the invention provides a novel culture mode of microalgae, so that the microalgae can grow on a membrane material in an attached manner, the growth rate and biomass of the microalgae are improved, a microalgae harvesting mode is simplified, the microalgae harvesting cost is greatly reduced, and the water consumption is reduced; the flash illumination mode not only reduces the illumination cost, but also lightens the light inhibition of the microalgae, and improves the biomass and the photosynthetic efficiency of the microalgae.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a flash-illuminated microalgae biofilm reactor according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a flash illumination system of the flash illumination type microalgae biofilm reactor of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a flash-illuminated microalgae photobioreactor according to the present invention.

In fig. 1-3: the method comprises the following steps of 1-a culture container, 2-a membrane component, 3-a flow controller, 4-an air valve, 5-a gas mixing chamber, 6-a gas distributor, 7-a suspension rod, 8-a flash frequency controller, 9-an LED lamp panel and 10-an LED lamp strip.

FIG. 4 is a graph showing the photosynthetic efficiency of rhombohedral algae cultured by the flash-illuminated microalgae photobioreactor according to the present invention; the left graph is the maximum photosynthetic rate (Fv/Fm), and the right graph is the actual photosynthetic rate

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the biomass and oil yield of rhombohedral algae cultured by the flash-illuminated microalgae photobioreactor according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solution of the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following embodiments. However, it should be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following examples, and any techniques realized based on the present invention are within the scope of the present invention.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1-3, a flash illumination type microalgae photobioreactor includes a square culture container 1, an adsorption culture membrane module, a flash illumination system, and a gas supply system; the adsorption culture membrane assembly comprises a suspension rod 7 and a membrane assembly 2, the membrane assembly 2 comprises a membrane material, four sides of the membrane material are fixed by a support frame, and the membrane assembly 2 is suspended on the suspension rod 7 in the culture container 1 and is immersed in culture solution for attachment growth of microalgae cells; the flash lighting system is arranged outside the culture container 1 and consists of an LED lamp panel 9 and a flash frequency controller 8, the LED lamp panels 9 are respectively arranged on two sides of the adsorption culture membrane assembly 2 in parallel, the LED lamp panel 9 is provided with a plurality of parallel LED lamp strips 10, and the flash frequency controller 8 controls the flash frequency and the illumination intensity of the LED lamp panels 8 so that the adsorption culture membrane assembly can receive uniform illumination; the bottom of the culture container 1 and under the adsorption culture membrane component 2 are provided with a gas distributor 6, the gas distributor 6 is connected with a gas supply system, and the gas distributor uniformly distributes gas to promote photosynthesis of microalgae.

The culture container 1 is a semi-closed box body, and a circular air outlet with the diameter of 1cm is formed in the top of the culture container.

The membrane material is 20 multiplied by 20cm standard cotton cloth which is hung in the middle of the culture container. The supporting frame is made of plastic.

The flash frequency controller 8 is composed of a digital control panel, a programmable circuit and a current contact actuator, the digital control panel is connected with the programmable circuit, and the programmable circuit controls the current contactor to actuate so as to change the frequency of the output current and regulate the current with controllable frequency. The output current is introduced into the LED lamp panel, so that the LED light emits pulsed light. The skilled person can control the flash frequency and the illumination intensity of the LED lamp panel 9 by the flash frequency controller 8 based on the common knowledge in the art. The flash frequency controller 8 controls the current to be cut off through the integrated circuit, and controls the illumination intensity by adjusting the distance between the LED lamp panel 9 and the adsorption culture membrane assembly or increasing or decreasing the number of the LED lamp strips 10 on the LED lamp panel 9. According to the growth requirement of microalgae cells, the current is adjusted by the flash frequency controller 8, and different light dark periods and duty ratios are set, so that the flash frequency of the LED array is adjusted.

The gas distributor 6 is porous air stone.

The gas supply system comprises a gas mixing chamber 5, and CO arranged in the gas mixing chamber 5₂A concentration sensor, a gas mixing chamber 5 is communicated with a carbon dioxide gas inlet pipeline and an air gas inlet pipeline, gas valves 4 are respectively arranged on the carbon dioxide gas inlet pipeline and the air gas inlet pipeline, and the carbon dioxide gas inlet pipeline and the air gas inlet pipeline are communicated with each other through CO₂The concentration sensor respectively controls the flow of carbon dioxide and air, and carbon dioxide and air are prepared into gas with the concentration of carbon dioxide of 0-10%; the gas mixing chamber 5 is connected to a gas distributor 6 at the bottom of the culture vessel 1 via a gas supply line, and a flow rate controller 3 is provided in the gas supply line to control the amount of ventilation.

Experimental groups: the method for culturing the rhombohedral algae by adopting the flash illumination type microalgae biofilm reactor comprises the following steps: adding f/2 culture solution into a culture container, immersing the culture solution in a membrane-passing material, and inoculating rhombus algae which is pre-cultured to logarithmic phase, wherein the inoculation volume ratio is 1: 10; the illumination intensity is 2000lux, the temperature is 25 ℃, the light-dark ratio is 14h/10h, the flashing frequency is set to be 1HZ, the duty ratio is 1:1, air is introduced, and the ventilation volume is 1L/min.

Control group (without membrane material): adding f/2 culture solution into a conical flask (250mL), inoculating rhombohedral algae which are pre-cultured to logarithmic phase, wherein the inoculation volume ratio is 1: 10; culturing the rhombohedral algae by continuous illumination with common LED lamp at illumination intensity of 2000lux, temperature of 25 deg.C and light-dark ratio of 14h/10h, introducing air with ventilation volume of 1L/min. The inventor finds out through research that: the growth trends of the microalgae cells in different culture containers are basically consistent, so that the control group can eliminate the influence of the containers on the growth of the microalgae, and the control group has comparability.

Sampling at 24h, 48h, 72h, 96h, 120h and 168h respectively, and measuring chlorophyll fluorescence parameters by using a German Walz PAM-2500 type portable phytoplankton fluorometer to measure the maximum photosynthetic rate and the actual photosynthetic rate. Collecting the rhombohedral algae after culturing for 7 days, washing the rhombohedral algae cells with deionized water for multiple times, filtering and drying to constant weight, and calculating the biological yield and the oil yield.

The specific method comprises the following steps:

biomass determination: taking down a membrane component in the microalgae photobioreactor by using tweezers, washing the algae membrane with deionized water to remove surface salt, drying in a drying oven at 105 ℃ to constant weight, and weighing the membrane material mass difference before and after culture by using an analytical balance, wherein the weight difference is the biomass dry weight.

And (3) measuring the oil content: 50mg of algae powder is weighed into a 50mL centrifuge tube, 10mL of chloroform-methanol mixed solution (v: v ═ 2:1) is added, the mixture is shaken up, and is subjected to ultrasonic crushing for 10min in ice bath (the crushing condition is 600W, the ultrasonic crushing is carried out for 10s, the crushing is carried out for 24 times at intervals of 15 s), then the mixture is centrifuged for 10min at 8000rpm, an upper organic phase is collected, and the operation is repeated for three times. And (4) combining the three organic phases into a triangular flask, drying, weighing, and obtaining the microalgae sample with poor front and back mass, namely the lipid content of the microalgae sample.

And (3) measuring the actual photosynthetic rate: leaf harvesting using a German Walz PAM-2500 model Portable Phytoplankton fluorometerAnd (4) measuring the chlorophyll fluorescence parameter. Before measurement, the microalgae sample is dark adapted for 10min, 1mL of algae liquid is accurately sucked into a 2mL sample cup, the sample cup is placed in a PHYTO-ED detector, PHYTO software is opened, gain is clicked, and the signal intensity is self-adapted; the sample was measured after setting the damping to 2. Reading corresponding parameters: maximum photosynthetic Rate (Fv/Fm), actual photosynthetic Rate

The photosynthetic efficiency of the rhombohedral algae is shown in fig. 4, the maximum photosynthetic rate and the actual photosynthetic rate of the rhombohedral algae decrease with the illumination time, and the maximum photosynthetic rate and the actual photosynthetic rate of the rhombohedral algae in the flash illumination type microalgae photobioreactor are obviously superior to those of the common continuous illumination culture in the same period.

The growth rate of the rhombohedral algae is shown in FIG. 5, the culture growth rate of the control group in a conical flask (250mL) is 128 +/-3.28 mg/d, the growth rate in a flash light illumination type microalgae photobioreactor is 244 +/-6.73 mg/d, and the growth rate is improved by 89.66%; after the rhombohedral algae are cultured in the flash lighting type microalgae photobioreactor for 7 days, the biomass reaches 43.5 +/-0.68 g/m²The yield of the grease reaches 118.85 +/-7.32 mg/m²/d。