Novel simulation model of the solar collector of BIOCOIL photobioreactors for CO2 sequestration with microalgae

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 297-303

  Concas, Alessandro ^a   Pisu, Massimo ^a   Cao, Giacomo ^a,b,c  

^a CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Italy)

^b Unita di Ricerca del Consorzio   (Italy)

^c Centro Interdipartimentale di Ingegneria e Scienze Ambientali   (Italy)

Author keywords

BIOCOIL; CO2 sequestration; Mathematical modeling; Microalgae; Photobioreactors; Population balance

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; DRY BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LIGHT INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID PHASE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MICRO-ALGAE; MODEL RESULTS; PHOTO-BIOREACTORS; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS PRODUCTS; POPULATION BALANCES; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; SIMULATION MODEL; SPATIAL BEHAVIORS; TUBULAR SECTIONS;

ALGAE; CELL CULTURE; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 76649087629     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.10.059     Document Type: Article

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