The hydrophobization of photobioreactors intracavitary surfaces under the long-term cultivation of microalgae cell mass
The experiments on the cultivation of algae Chlorella sp. and Scenedesmus quadricauda on flasks showed that from eight commercially available water-repellent recipes to prevent the fouling of glass surfaces the most effective is to use dimethyldichlorosilane as a 5% solution in isopropanol. The procedure of processing the containers is quite simple and consisted of short-term rinsing of the specified drug and further drying under vacuum at a temperature of 100 - 110 degrees Celsius.