Application of light-emitting diodes in bioreactors: Flashing light effects and energy economy in algal culture (Chlorella pyrenoidosa)

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 98-107

  Matthijs, Hans C P ^a   Balke, Hans ^a   Van Hes, Udo M ^a   Kroon, Bernd M A ^a   Mur, Luuc R ^a   Binot, Roger A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

algal culture; bioreactor; bioregenerative system; Chlorella pyrenoidosa; energy economy; light emitting diode (LED); microsecond pulse modulation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOREACTORS; GROWTH KINETICS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PULSE MODULATION;

CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA; ENERGY ECONOMY;

CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHLORELLA; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0030570079     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960405)50:1<98::AID-BIT11>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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