Air-lift bioreactors for algal growth on flue gas: Mathematical modeling and pilot-plant studies

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6154-6163

  Vunjak Novakovic, Gordana ^a   Kim, Yoojeong ^b   Wu, Xiaoxi ^b   Berzin, Isaac ^b   Merchuk, José C ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GreenFuel Corporation   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-LIFT BIOREACTORS; ALGAL GROWTH; FLUE-GAS TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL BIOPROCESSES;

ABSORPTION; ALGAE; BIOMASS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUE GASES; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PILOT PLANTS; POWER PLANTS;

BIOREACTORS;

AIRLIFT REACTOR;

EID: 23944518380     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049099z     Document Type: Article

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