A flat inclined modular photobioreactor for outdoor mass cultivation of photoautotrophs

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-60

  Hu, Qiang ^a   Guterman, Hugo ^a   Richmond, Amos ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anabaena siamensis; biomass productivity; cell density; diffuse light; Monodus subterraneus; photobioreactor; solar irradiance; Spirulina platensis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION;

OUTDOOR MASS CULTIVATION; PHOTOAUTOTROPHS; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; CELL DENSITY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

ANABAENA SIAMENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MONODUS SUBTERRANEUS; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0030570492     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19960705)51:1<51::aid-bit6>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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