Effects of carbon dioxide feeding rate and light intensity on the fed-batch pulse-feeding cultivation of Spirulina platensis in helical photobioreactor

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 369-375

  Soletto, D ^a   Binaghi, L ^a   Ferrari, L ^a   Lodi, A ^a   Carvalho, J C M ^b   Zilli, M ^a   Converti, A ^a  

^a Department of Chemical and Process Engineering GB Bonino ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Fed batch process; Helical photobioreactor; Photosynthetic photon flux density; Pulse feeding; Spirulina platensis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CULTIVATION; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC MEMBRANES;

FED BATCH PROCESS; HELICAL PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; PULSE FEEDING; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; CARBON UTILIZATION; FED BATCH CULTURE; FED BATCH REACTOR; FEEDING; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 40049112211     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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