Enclosed outdoor photobioreactors: Light regime, photosynthetic efficiency, scale-up, and future prospects

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-210

  Janssen, Marcel ^a   Tramper, Johannes ^a   Mur, Luuc R ^b   Wijffels, René H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Light regime; Light dark cycles; Microalgae; Photobioreactor; Photosynthetic efficiency; Scale up

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATION; SHEAR STRESS;

PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; SCALE UP; SHEAR STRESS; SUNLIGHT;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PROTEINS; SUNLIGHT;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0037454638     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10468     Document Type: Article

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