Capturing sunlight into a photobioreactor: Ray tracing simulations of the propagation of light from capture to distribution into the reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 316-327

  Zijffers, Jan Willem F ^a   Salim, Sina ^a   Janssen, Marcel ^a   Tramper, Johannes ^a   Wijffels, René H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fresnel lens; Light guide; Microalgae; Photobioreactor; Ray tracing; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; LENSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; RAY TRACING; REFLECTION; REFRACTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

FRESNEL LENS; LIGHT GUIDE; MICROALGAE; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; SUNLIGHT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

ALGAE;

EID: 53949109185     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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