Conceptual Design System for the Intensive Cultivation of Seaweeds

Abstract

In the initial studies of a strategy of environmental technology  assessment of the project of a technology for Urea production in the region of Calicito, at Cienfuegos bay; the contamination for
CO2, caused by the emission of a considerable surplus of the gas the main is identified as the main environmental impact.  The result of  the technological assessment is a project  for  the reduction of CO2 pollution, by means of its capture in  the coastal region near to a fertilizer plant, able to consume the residual daily production of CO2 of the fertilizer plant in process of investment. The selection of the appropriate specie of alga, keeping in mind the studies of characterization and morphology
of algae in Cuba, abundance, resistance  and keeping bigger emphasis in the Ulval species, was carried  out. In this work  the preliminary studies are presented that include  the mass balance; a preliminary proposal of a biorreactor design for intensive algae culture, using industrial CO2 as the main row material in the production of alga biomass for biofuel production, animal feeding, and chemical  and natural products of high value added for the Cuban economy.