Light regime characterization in an airlift photobioreactor for production of microalgae with high starch content

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 161, Issue 1-8, 2010, Pages 218-226

  Fernandes, Bruno D ^a   Dragone, Giuliano M ^a   Teixeira, José A ^a   Vicente, António A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Airlift Photobioreactor; Incident light spectrum; Light absorption; Microalgae; Optical fiber

Indexed keywords

AIRLIFT PHOTOBIOREACTOR; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; CELL DENSITY; CIRCULAR GEOMETRY; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; DOWN-COMER; FIBER TECHNOLOGY; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT ENERGY; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT PATH; LIGHT PATTERNS; LIGHT PENETRATION; LIGHT REGIME; MICRO-ALGAE; PHOTO-BIOREACTORS; PLANE GEOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ASPECTS; RADIAL COORDINATES; STARCH CONTENTS;

ALGAE; CELLS; GEOMETRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROORGANISMS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; SLOW LIGHT;

LIGHT;

GLASS FIBER; STARCH;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GEOMETRY; LIGHT; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTON; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ALGA; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGAE; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STARCH;

EID: 77953015787     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: 15590291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-009-8783-9     Document Type: Article

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