Improvement of mass transfer characteristics and productivities of inclined tubular photobioreactors by installation of internal static mixers

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 600-607

  Ugwu, C U ^a   Ogbonna, J C ^a   Tanaka, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID FLOW; GAS; MIXER; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLORELLA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA;

EID: 0036222618     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-002-0940-9     Document Type: Article

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