Technical data • Overall height: . .................................................................. 3.0 m • Surface collectors: . ........................................................... 5.0 m2 • Collector radius: ........................................................... 1.6-2.7 m Cultivator: • Height: ........................................................................... 57.0 cm • Diameter: ....................................................................... 25.0 cm • Capacity: ............................................................................ 15.0 l • Algae thickness: ............................................................... 5.5 cm Materials: • Cultivator: ............................................................... Acrylic glass • Connecting pins: . ............................. Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) • Nodes: . ............................... Quickgen 500 (3D-printed material) • Connecting rods: .................... Acrylic glass (glass-bead-blasted) • Distribution elements: . ................. e-Clear (3D-printed material) Integrated components: • CPX-E automation system: ........................................................ 1 • VEMD proportional flow control valves: . ................................... 2 • CMMT-ST motor controllers: . .................................................... 3 • CPX-AP-I-EC-M12 bus interface: . ............................................... 1 • CPX-AP-I-4DI4DO-M12-5P digital input/output modules: . ........ 3 • VYKB media-separated solenoid valves: . .................................. 6 • CPX electric terminal: ................................................................ 1 • Sensors in the cultivator: . ...................................................... 14 Capacitive sensors for collectors: . ............................................ 6 Capacitive sensors for fill level in the cultivator: ....................... 2 Flow sensors: ............................................................................ 2 Sensors for temperature, pH value and CO2 content: ....... 1 each Quantum sensor: ...................................................................... 1 • Multi-sensor for collectors: . ...................................................... 1 • Total number of pumps: . ......................................................... 11 5/2022 Project participants Project initiator: Dr Wilfried Stoll, Managing Director Festo Holding GmbH Project management: Karoline von Häfen, Dr Elias Knubben, Festo SE & Co. KG Project team: Sebastian Schrof, Michael Jakob, Timo Schwarzer, Nenja Rieskamp, Dominic Micha, Esmeralda Kramer, Philipp Steck, Ralf Kapfhamer, Ferdinand Glass, Dr Nina Gaißert, Charlotte Tesch, Francis Goh, Duc Thang Vu, Florian Zieker, Christian Stich, Vanessa Bader, Alexander Müller, Philipp Eberl, Festo SE & Co. KG Prof. Dr Tobias Erb, Pascal Pfister, Maren Nattermann, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg Dr Michael Förtsch, Dr Helge Hattermann, Q.ANT GmbH, Stuttgart Caspar Jacob, Steinbeis Embedded Systems Technologies GmbH, Esslingen Image 05, page 7: University of Hohenheim, photograph Manfred Zentsch Festo SE & Co. KG Ruiter Strasse 82 73734 Esslingen Germany Phone +49 711 347-0 Fax +49 711 347-21 55 cc@de.festo.com www.festo.com/bionics
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