Microalgal bioreactors: Challenges and opportunities

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 178-189

  Xu, Ling ^a,b   Weathers, Pamela J ^c,d   Xiong, Xue Rong ^e   Liu, Chun Zhao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Microalgae; Photobioreactor; Scale up

Indexed keywords

AIR SYSTEMS; CLOSED SYSTEMS; CURRENT STATUS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; MICROALGAE; PHOTO-BIOREACTORS; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SCALE-UP; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

ALGAE; BIOREACTORS; MICROORGANISMS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

BIODIESEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COSMETIC; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXYGEN;

BIOREACTOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICROALGA;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; BIOMASS; BIOPROCESS; BIOREACTOR; BIOREACTOR EQUIPMENT; CELL GROWTH; COOLING; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; DRUG RESEARCH; EVAPORATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEAT TRANSFER; ILLUMINATION; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STIRRED REACTOR; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 69949119712     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200800111     Document Type: Review

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