A raceway pond is a shallow artificial pond used in the cultivation of algae. [1][2] The pond is divided into a rectangular grid, with each rectangle containing one channel in the shape of an oval, like an automotive raceway circuit. From above, many ponds look like a maze.

A raceway, also known as a flow-through system, is an artificial channel used in aquaculture to culture aquatic organisms. Raceway systems are among the earliest methods used for inland aquaculture. A raceway usually consists of rectangular basins or canals constructed of concrete and equipped with an inlet and outlet.

2014年4月1日 · Paddlewheel-driven raceway ponds have historically been the method of choice for algae cultivation due to their presumed low-cost compared to more sophisticated photobioreactor designs. However, raceway ponds are severely limited by their operating efficiencies and physical aspect ratios to promote maximal algal biomass productivity.

Open raceway ponds (ORP) are closed-loop, usually shallow, that use a paddle-wheel mixer, which circulates the algae and nutrients, and promote a low shear environment (Quiroz-Arita et al., 2020). Raceway ponds face diverse climate conditions like solar radiation, and air …

2016年3月10日 · Raceway ponds are widely used in commercial production of algal biomass. They are effective and inexpensive, but suffer from a relatively low productivity and vagaries of weather. This chapter discusses design and operation of raceways for large-scale production of …

2015年11月1日 · Algal technology has potential to combat the global energy crisis, malnutrition, and production of several value added products useful for the mankind. The cost effective cultivation system is the basis to realize this goal. Microalgal production in raceway ponds seems to be most promising, especially in the large scale.

2010年4月2日 · This work focuses on designing the optimum raceway pond by considering the effects of sunlight availability, temperature fluctuations, and harvest time on algae growth, and introduces a dynamic programing model to do so.

Design of Raceway Ponds for Algae Biomass Production using Produced Water October 15, 2014 Soumya Yadala, Selen Cremaschi, PhD The University of Tulsa 2014 International Petroleum Environmental Conference Houston, TX October 14-16,2014

Raceway ponds are affordable and effective algaculture systems that are usually built to take advantage of natural sunlight. While they make look like simple oblong ponds with a few internal divisions, they’re actually far more complex and require a lot of engineering skill to build.

Light supply and distribution amongst the microalgae culture is one of the major challenges of photo-bioreactor design, with many studies focusing on microalgae culture systems such as raceway ponds (RWP), widely used and cost effective systems for algal biomass production.