公开(公告)号：US20210267152A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17186834

申请日：2021-02-26

Applicant: Reliance Industries Limited

Inventor： Gurumurthy Raja Krishna Kumar ,  Meenakshi Sundaram Chelliah ,  Meghna Rajvanshi ,  G Venkata Subhash ,  Dhairyarajsinh Rajendrasinh Gohil ,  Sridharan Govindachary ,  Santanu Dasgupta

IPC: A01H1/00 ,  A01H13/00 ,  A01N3/00

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of algal cultivation and biofuels. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method of enhancing lipid production during algal culturing. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method of enhancing neutral lipid and total lipid production by maintaining algae in a thin layer cultivation system and exposing said algae maintained in the thin layer cultivation system to infra-red (IR) radiation. Said method enhances lipid accumulation in algae, thereby increasing the yield of neutral lipids and total lipids. The method is simple, cost-effective in producing high quantities of algal-derived biofuels, requires shorter time duration for lipid induction and results in no or minimal reduction of biomass.