Carbon dioxide uptake efficiency by outdoor microalgal cultures in tubular airlift photobioreactors

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 465-475

  Mazzuca Sobczuk, T ^a   Garcia Camacho, F ^a   Camacho Rubio, F ^b   Acien Fernandez F G ^a   Molina Grima, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactor; CO2 molar fraction; CO2 uptake efficiency; Mass transfer; Microalgae; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; AIR; ALGAE; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURE; FLOW PATTERNS; MASS TRANSFER; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; PH; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE UPTAKE; MICROALGAL CULTURES; TUBULAR AIRLIFT PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

ALGAE;

EID: 0034135408     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(20000220)67:4<465::AID-BIT10>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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