A new photobioreactor for continuous microalgal production in hatcheries based on external-loop airlift and swirling flow

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-147

  Loubière, Karine ^a   Olivo, Erell ^b   Bougaran, Gael ^b   Pruvost, Jérémy ^a   Robert, René ^b   Legrand, Jack ^a  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Airlift; Continuous photobioreactor; Hatchery; Isochrysis affinis galbana; Swirling flow

Indexed keywords

AIR INJECTIONS; AIR SPARGERS; AIRLIFT; CONTINUOUS CULTURES; CONTINUOUS PHOTOBIOREACTOR; FLOW BEHAVIORS; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; HATCHERY; ISOCHRYSIS AFFINIS GALBANA; LIQUID CIRCULATIONS; LIQUID-PHASE; MIXING TIME; PARTICLE-IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; SINGLE MODULES; SWIRLING MOTIONS; TANGENTIAL INLETS; TRANSFER MEASUREMENTS; VOLUMETRIC PRODUCTIVITIES;

CLONING; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUIDS;

SWIRLING FLOW;

AERATION; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HATCHERY; ISOCHRYSIS AFFINIS GALBANA; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; ALGA; BIOREACTOR; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY;

ISOCHRYSIS;

ALGAE; AQUACULTURE; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; LIGHT;

EID: 58149214613     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22035     Document Type: Article

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