A model for light distribution and average solar irradiance inside outdoor tubular photobioreactors for the microalgal mass culture

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 701-714

  Acien Fernandez F G ^a   Garcia Camacho F ^a   Sanchez Perez J A ^a   Fernandez Sevilla J M ^a   Molina Grima, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Average solar irradiance; Light attenuation; Light distribution; Microalgae mass culture; Tubular photobioreactors

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ATTENUATION; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOMASS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION;

AVERAGE SOLAR IRRADIANCE; DIFFERENTIAL WAVELENGTH ABSORPTION; HYPERBOLIC EXPRESSION; LAMBERT-BEER LAW; MICROALGAL MASS CULTURE; TUBULAR PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CALCULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; TURBIDITY;

EID: 0007153217     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970905)55:5<701::AID-BIT1>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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