Fed-batch addition of urea for Spirulina platensis cultivation: Thermodynamics and material and energy balances

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 698-707

  Torre, Paolo ^a   Sassano, Carlos E N ^b   Sato, Sunao ^b   Converti, Attilio ^a   Gioielli, Luiz A ^b   Carvalho, João C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Carbon balances; Energy balances; Spirulina platensis; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; ENTHALPY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; UREA;

AUTOTROPIC GROWTH;

BACTERIA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENTHALPY; FEEDING; HEAT; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0041732424     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0229(03)00217-5     Document Type: Article

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