Abstract: A computer implemented lightweight design method including: a preliminary homogenization step for defining a material model related to an adopted manufacturing material; a subsequent optimization step for finding an optimal distribution of material density within the design domain; and a final post-processing step to find the geometry for manufacturing; wherein the preliminary homogenization step is performed for deriving the material model for a 2D/3D version of a porous material provided with circular/spherical holes in a Hexagonal Close-Packed (HCP) arrangement, and the post-processing step comprises computing position and size of the circular/spherical holes.

Abstract: A modular kit for integration and installation of one or more bioreactors for microalgae cultivation includes: —at least one bioreactor for microalgae cultivation, in the form of a vertically arranged transparent tubular column; —a supporting structure adapted to integrate and support the base of the at least one bioreactor, and also adapted to internally house a first connection to a system for loading and unloading a cultivation vector fluid into/from the at least one bioreactor, and a second connection to a system for supplying CO2-supplemented air into the at least one bioreactor; —multiple modules forming respective frames with internal empty spaces and adapted to be connected to one another to house, in the empty spaces, the at least one bioreactor; the multiple modules being also so shaped as to convey filtered light into the at least one bioreactor.

Abstract: A computer implemented lightweight design method including: a preliminary homogenization step for defining a material model related to an adopted manufacturing material; a subsequent optimization step for finding an optimal distribution of material density within the design domain; and a final post-processing step to find the geometry for manufacturing; wherein the preliminary homogenization step is performed for deriving the material model for a 2D/3D version of a porous material provided with circular/spherical holes in a Hexagonal Close-Packed (HCP) arrangement, and the post-processing step comprises computing position and size of the circular/spherical holes.

Abstract: A modular kit for integration and installation of one or more bioreactors for microalgae cultivation includes: —at least one bioreactor for microalgae cultivation, in the form of a vertically arranged transparent tubular column; —a supporting structure adapted to integrate and support the base of the at least one bioreactor, and also adapted to internally house a first connection to a system for loading and unloading a cultivation vector fluid into/from the at least one bioreactor, and a second connection to a system for supplying CO2-supplemented air into the at least one bioreactor; —multiple modules forming respective frames with internal empty spaces and adapted to be connected to one another to house, in the empty spaces, the at least one bioreactor; the multiple modules being also so shaped as to convey filtered light into the at least one bioreactor.