1. BioFarms Hawaii LLC
Frank 'Palani' Cipriani
P.O. Box 482
Hawi, Hawai'i 96719-0482
www.biofarmshawaii.com
algae@biofarmshawaii.com
808-333-8026
11/07/2009
PAR-MAXtm Algae Production Platform
(confidential)
(ABSTRACT)
When considering the Significant Improvements in the present Invention, one must
understand the full spectrum of the phycology to be applied and the methods & means of
application provided in the Reactor and it's support systems. *Passive/Dynamic design
parameters (*no moving parts) have been applied in the design and operation of the Reactor.
PAR-MAX Plant Model: 4.3 ac. 200'x1000' clear-span Reactor Building: (Fig. 1. *Sprung
Instant Structures): Ten (10) stacked-Arrays: (*Fig. 2. PAR-MAX Patent Drawing 1982; “a
stacked-configuration of this example”), Reactor-runs 1000' in length by 25 ea. runs wide.
Each Array, functioning independently, the Reactor Arrays are supported by 'adjustable' free-
standing lattice-work (modified surplus scaffolding materials). Fluid dynamics adjusted to +1-
ft./second Gravity flow-rate. Air-lift re-circulation down-stream to up-stream.
Volume per Array: 550,000 Liters. (Each Array operating independently). Balance of Plant x10
Arrays: 5.5 Million Liters. (Fig. 3 *PAR-MAX Installation Drawings doc.)
PHASE I PAR-MAXtm PROTOTYPE: (in-Lab Test & Demonstration) Three (3) stacked Arrays
innoculated with “Flagship Algas”: Spirulina sp, Phaeodactylum t., Chlamydomonas r.,
of 160 ft. of *Reactor Body ea. (Four 40 ft. runs per Array): w/harvesting & waste-separation
wells and all support systems (OEMs). Following 'Design-freeze', this Prototype will be further
utilized in the first “Lab Module” (Fig. 4. PAR-MAX Prototype I Module) as a support for the
Plant's Production Lines; innoculation, injection. The Module also will contain a Seed-lab and
Office.
The 'Seed-Lab' supports the Lab-Arrays in turn and the Lab-Module provides means of
isolating and “tinkering” with targeted species. A Lab-Module will precede the Installation of
each PAR-MAX Plant. All of the Plant Installation is Modulized for Rapid-deployment & On-
Site Erection.
BFH/PAR-MAXTM *BUSINESS PLAN: Products & Spinoffs
PAR-MAX Plants: Sales & Licensing:
Flagship Algas': Spirulina p., Phaeodactylum t., Chlamydomonas r.
*SPIRULINA platensis-'robustus'*: 'Flake Product', Bulk: (Fig. 9. *PSI, Inc. Market Study.
Letters of Intent. Cipriani et al, 1985), Bio-Nutritionals, Extracts & Compounds. (see Fig. 9-A.
Doc.:Spirulina specifications; Cipriani 1982). Market(s): a) Health Foods, b) Famine &
Disaster Relief: (Fig. 10.*Doc. 'Marketing Strategy'): “Living-Cell Spirulina Survival Cakes”, c)
Military MREs Supplement, d) Extracts & Compounds: Superior Organic High-Potency Dyes
for niche-markets; pharmaceutical, medical-research, cosmetics, food-coloring, fabrics, etc.
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BFH/PAR-MAXTM *BUSINESS PLAN: Products & Spinoffs:
There is an existing under-supplied present day market for dried-bulk product, retailing
@$40+/lb. Spirulina caps & pills bringing more $ per lb. We will produce a *“Living-cell
Spirulina Survival Cake” for world market. The potent full-spectrum 'dyes' available in Sp. are
extremely valuable in medical-research procedures, ex; (RNA-DNA tagging).
PHAEODACTYLUM tricornutum: Oil Alga: High-value Markets; Premium quality Additives,
Lubricants, Organic bases & creams for niche markets; Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics,
Nutritionals, Chemicals. Phaeodactylum; (a.k.a.“Fatty-Fusiform”) is a marine diatom that, with
a little “tinkering”, will produce high quality lipids, waxes, prostaglandins; up to 60+% of the
total cell (Fig. 11. *Phaeodac t. Analysis). As the only known marine diatom having a “naked-
cell wall”, it cracks easily, and is an immediately digestable preferred feed-stock for
mariculture of panaeids, mollusks, bivalves. Ideally, Marine PAR-MAX Production Plants
should be cited on shore-lines to use the alga & effluents for diversified Mariculture.
(*This 'Bio-Oil is too valuable to 'burn' as Fuel? ; see Doc. Fig. 12: “Algal Jet-fuel?”. Analysis
by Dr. Gjert Knutsen & Svein Atle).
CHLAMYDOMONAS reinhardti: Soil Recclaimation, Sandy-Clay Soil to Loam-topsoil.
The Market: “World-wide.”
PLANNED MARKET RESEARCH: Investigate 'Organic Nano-chips' derived from the silica
cell-walls of various Diatoms. BioProspecting for Molecular Medicine.
PAR-MAX Phase I Prototype Test & Demonstration: Logistics.
Requirements: 1) Lab-space for Seed-lab set-up & 20'x40' area for Prototype installation.
2) Prototyper/Manufacturer; sugg. High Tech Development Corp (HTDC) -3d-Engineering
LLC, 3) Engineers-Consulting: Hydro/Pneumatic, Mechanical. 4) OEMs: Ocean Optics, Inc.?,
GoreTex, Inc., 5) Lliason with UH Microbiology Department; *Recruit a talented, enthusiastic,
motivated “Team” (*drawn from UH Grad students? Perhaps a stipended Internship
Program.); a) Microbiologist/Lab Manager, b) Computer-Science/Data-Process, c) Marketing
Manager, d) Organic Chemist, e) *Sufficient Funding & Support to see Development through
to Industrial-Stage; the “PAR-MAXtm Platform, Co-Engineered and integrated with an
Industrial WTE Platform.”
AUTHOR'S NOTE: “The Vision is to see these Ideas for “Nano-Farms” manifested, ushering
in the age of a vital established Industry in BioFarming. Envisioning the PAR-MAXtm
Platforms “married” to Industrial Plants, utilizing carbon-capture & recycling 'waste-products'
to operate the Alga Platforms, thereby creating a zero carbon footprint Site for Diversified
Alternative Energy Production.To educate young people for a Career in the Art. To
incorporate all the best practices of the Art and to expand the horizon of Alga Research &
Production, as my contribution to the Art, to Hawai'i nei, and to Mankind in general.
Frank Cipriani, BioFarms Hawaii 11/07/2009
