Horizontal or vertical photobioreactors? How to improve microalgae photosynthetic efficiency

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5129-5137

  Cuaresma, María ^a,b   Janssen, Marcel ^a   Vílchez, Carlos ^b   Wijffels, René H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorella sorokiniana; Light dilution; Photosynthetic efficiency; Productivity; Reactor orientation

Indexed keywords

CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; FLAT PANEL; GROUND AREA; HORIZONTAL REACTORS; MICRO-ALGAE; PER UNIT; PHOTO-BIOREACTORS; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY; REACTOR ORIENTATION; SOUTHERN SPAIN; VERTICAL POSITIONS; VOLUMETRIC PRODUCTIVITY;

ALGAE; LIGHT; MICROORGANISMS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROALGA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOSTAT; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; DILUTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; VOLUMETRY;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; MICROALGAE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

SPAIN;

CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA;

EID: 79952534504     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.01.078     Document Type: Article

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