Effects of light intensity and dilution rate on the semicontinuous cultivation of Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis. A kinetic Monod-type approach

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 3215-3219

  Bezerra, Raquel Pedrosa ^a,b   Montoya, Erika Yuliana Ortiz ^a,b   Sato, Sunao ^a   Perego, Patrizia ^b   de Carvalho, João Carlos Monteiro ^a   Converti, Attilio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CAPES Fellowship holder ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis; Cell productivity; Dilution rate; Light intensity; Semicontinuous process

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; DILUTION RATE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; KINETIC MODELS; LIGHT INTENSITY; MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; PSEUDO-STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; SEMI-CONTINUOUS;

CELL CULTURE; PRODUCTIVITY;

DILUTION;

ALGAL CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; CYANOBACTERIUM; DILUTION; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT INTENSITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; KINETICS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRULINA; STEADY STATE;

CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SPIRULINA;

ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS;

EID: 78650821125     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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