Algoliner is revolutionizing microalgae cultivation with the help of ACRYLITE® molding compounds and a mobile factory
- Algoliner develops pioneering technology for fast, cost-efficient and resource-saving construction of photobioreactors
- Tubes made from ACRYLITE® molding compounds in a mobile factory reduce the environmental footprint of algae reactors
- Brand PMMA’s transparency allows highly efficient production of sustainable biomass
Microalgae are considered one of the most important raw materials of the future. Their cultivation makes it possible to generate enormous quantities of biomass, without competing for agricultural space. The German company Algoliner has developed a groundbreaking new technology for building algae reactors – in a fast, cost-efficient and resource-saving process in which tubes made from ACRYLITE® molding compounds are extruded in a mobile factory on a truck, enormously reducing the environmental footprint of algae cultivation. As such, the brand polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) from Röhm in the Americas is contributing to climate-friendly technologies.
“ACRYLITE® impresses with its extraordinary transparency, which is crucial for algae growth. In addition, it is a sustainable material with a very long lifespan, and can even be fully recycled at the end of its useful life,” says Hans Väth, founder and Managing Partner at Algoliner.
ACRYLITE® 7H especially for extrusion
The tubes are extruded from ACRYLITE® 7H. With its excellent melt viscosity and heat deflection temperature, this molding compound offers a balanced profile of properties for the extrusion of tubes and technical profiles. Like all transparent ACRYLITE® molding compounds, it offers unparalleled light transmission of up to 92 percent and, thanks to its excellent UV and weather resistance, it retains its transparency even outdoors without yellowing over time.
“The Algoliner concept is an excellent example of how ingenious product design and the choice of long-lasting ACRYLITE® materials can make the final product significantly more sustainable – sustainable by design,” says Sven Schröbel, Head of Global Sustainability Management at Röhm GmbH’s Molding Compounds business unit.
Über Röhm
Röhm gehört mit 3.500 Mitarbeitenden und weltweit 13 Produktionsstandorten zu den führenden Herstellern im Methacrylat-Geschäft. Das mittelständische Unternehmen mit Standorten in Deutschland, China, den USA, Mexiko und Südafrika verfügt über 90 Jahre Erfahrung in der Methacrylat-Chemie und eine starke Technologie-Plattform. Zu unseren bekannten Marken gehören PLEXIGLAS®, ACRYLITE®, MERACRYL®, DEGALAN®, DEGAROUTE® und CYROLITE®.
Polymethylmethacrylat (PMMA)-Produkte von Röhm werden auf dem europäischen, asiatischen, afrikanischen und australischen Kontinent unter den registrierten Marken PLEXIGLAS® und PLEXIMID®, auf dem amerikanischen Kontinent unter den registrierten Marken ACRYLITE® und ACRYMID® vertrieben.
Weitere Informationen unter www.roehm.com
Pressekontakt
Thomas Kern
Global Communications
Molding Compounds
Röhm GmbH
Deutsche-Telekom-Allee 9
64295 Darmstadt
Tel +49 6151 863-7154
thomas.kern@roehm.com
Pressekontakt
Marc Tracey
Communications Lead, Americas
Roehm America LLC
8 Campus Drive, Suite 450
Parsippany, NJ 07054
USA
Phone +1 862 337-1270
marc.tracey@roehm.com
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