Prediction of dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide concentration profiles in tubular photobioreactors for microalgal culture

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-86

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactor; Liquid circulation; Mass transfer; Microalgae; Photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSITION; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; OXYGEN; VELOCITY;

AIRLIFT BIOREACTOR; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LIQUID CIRCULATION; MICROALGAE; TUBULAR PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OXIMETRY;

ALGAE; FUNGI; PORPHYRIDIUM CRUENTUM;

EID: 0033524368     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990105)62:1<71::AID-BIT9>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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