MicroBio Engineering, Inc. (MBE) services

We provide custom feasibility analyses for projects to help determine the best commercial pathway. With your input we tailor the analysis to consider your location and climate, current capabilities, water sources, any preliminary research data you have generated, and other co-product/resource integration. The analysis can detail the use of algae as a feed for animals, biofuel, or for industrial/agricultural wastewater treatment, with descriptions of alternative algae species for each as applicable. Using the latest information from vendors and suppliers we can prepare a review of harvesting, dewatering, drying technologies, and any conversion or upgrading requirements. This type of information and data is not available from publications or websites and would be specifically tailored for your project.

Program Assistance to Experimental Design. We provide assistance from multi-year programming to experimental design to data analysis to weekly telecon support.  Rapid research progress and learning from past work is essential for accelerating progress in this new era of the algae biotechnology. Although algae will "grow on their own" to high concentrations in water bodies, this is slow growth.  For commercial production, it is crucial to achieve high areal productivity (tons per hectare per year).  Raceways are the most practical way to accomplish this for most algae applications.  When developing a commercial cultivation operation variables such as the following must be considered and optimized, often in site-specific and industry-specific R&D efforts.