Design principles of photo-bioreactors for cultivation of microalgae

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-177

  Posten, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Light transfer; Mass transfer; Photo bioreactor

Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY ENERGY; BIOPROCESSES; CARBON UPTAKE; CRITICAL POINTS; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; ENERGY DEMANDS; GAS TRANSFER; LIFE SPAN; LIGHT DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT GRADIENTS; LIGHT TRANSFER; LIMITING FACTORS; MICRO-ALGAE; MINIMIZATION OF COSTS; OPTICAL STRUCTURES; OXYGEN REMOVAL; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; PHOTO-BIOREACTOR; PHOTO-BIOREACTORS; SATURATION KINETICS;

ALGAE; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPETITION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; EQUATIONS OF STATE; MASS TRANSFER; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN SUPPLY;

BIOCONVERSION;

BIODIESEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; FUEL; OXYGEN;

BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTIVATION; MASS TRANSFER; MICROALGA; PHYSIOLOGY;

AERATION; AIRFLOW; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; BIOPROCESS; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOLING; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EPIGENETICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW RATE; GROWTH RATE; HEATING; ILLUMINATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 69949190933     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200900003     Document Type: Review

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