Laboratory Environmental Algae Pond Simulator (IMAGE)

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Laboratory Environmental Algae Pond Simulator

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PNNL's Laboratory Environmental Algae Pond Simulator system, also known as LEAPS, mimics the frequently shifting water temperatures and lighting conditions that occur in outdoor ponds at any given place on earth. This allows researchers to test multiple algae strains with the conditions at different places, but without the cost and time needed to actually grow them at those locations.

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