Prediction of volumetric productivity of an outdoor photobioreactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1108-1120

  Bosma, Rouke ^a   Van Zessen, Erik ^b   Reith, Johannes H ^b   Tramper, Johannes ^a   Wijffels, René H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Light integration; Modelling; Monodus subterraneus; Photobioreactor; Photosynthetic yield; Volumetric productivity

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LIGHT INTEGRATION; MONODUS SUBTERRANEUS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC YIELD;

BIOREACTORS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALGAE; BIOREACTORS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIATION DOSAGE;

MONODUS SUBTERRANEUS;

EID: 34547563574     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21319     Document Type: Article

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