date:Jul 04, 2012
Under the deal, BioProcess Algae will supply oils to be refined by KD-Pharma's supercritical fluid technology (KD-pur).
Unlike the heterotrophic (in absence of sunlight) process of growing microalgae via fermentation in large steel vats and feeding it with sugar-based feedstocks, BioProcess Algae grows its algae via photosynthesis (an autotrophic process) in biofilms exposed to light and uses waste heat and carbon dioxide from aco-located ethanol production facility in Iowa.
Novel algal ingr