Instruction of microalgal biomass production for practically higher photosynthetic performance using a photobioreactor

Food and Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of of Chemical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 176-183

  Morita, M ^a   Watanabe, Y ^a   Saiki, H ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Bioreactor; Heat balance; Microalgae; Temperature change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035443725     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/096030801750425271     Document Type: Article

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