A novel airlift photobioreactor with baffles for improved light utilization through the flashing light effect

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 89-94

  Degen, Jörg ^a   Uebele, Andrea ^a   Retze, Axel ^b   Schmid Staiger, Ulrike ^a   Trösch, Walter ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IGB   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airlift photobioreactor; Baffles; Flashing light effect; Light path; Microalgae; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOMASS; FLASHLIGHTS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

LIGHT EFFECTS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

BIOREACTORS;

ALGA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLORELLA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; PHOTOBIOLOGY;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 0035909792     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(01)00350-9     Document Type: Article

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