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    Textiles help in cultivation of seaweed for biomaterials

    05 Jul '13
    4 min read

    The textiles being trialed are a mix of woven, nonwoven and 3D layered fabrics based on advanced fibrous and fibre-composite materials. The textiles may also be coated or modified to encourage the growth of a particular species.

    Spin offs from the project

    Meanwhile the project is developing other materials for mooring and positioning the cultivation textiles with possible applications in many marine industries. These advanced textile-based cables and connections will be engineered to be robust, durable and with high tensile strength to survive near-shore and offshore conditions.

    The third part of the project is to design flexible and lightweight tanks for storing and transporting harvested seaweed, for housing offshore seaweed hatcheries, and for cleaning and maintaining the cultivation textile ropes.

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