ALGATRON

Equipment for culturing algae through photosynthetic processes, for use in the fields of pharmaceuticals, aquaculture feed production, oil production, hydrogen fuel production, and closed ecological life support systems, namely, a photo bioreactor, namely, a device which cultures micro algae or plant cells with light energy provided from light diffusing lines disposed in a vertical array in water in a cylindrical vessel adapted to provide an optimum distribution of light intensity; Light is received into the array from one end of the vessel and carbon dioxide mixed gas [ in ] * is * supplied through the opposite end as fine bubbles