Productivity, carbon dioxide uptake and net energy return of microalgal bubble column photobioreactors

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5775-5787

  Hulatt, Chris J ^a   Thomas, David N ^a,b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Energy balance; Life cycle; Microalgae; Photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

BATCH CULTIVATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BIOMASS YIELD; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; DRY WEIGHT; DUNALIELLA; HEATING VALUE; HIGH-POWER; HIGHER HEATING VALUE; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGAL BIOMASS; NET ENERGY; NET ENERGY RATIOS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PHOTO-BIOREACTORS; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; PHOTOBIOREACTOR DESIGN; POWER INPUT;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; BUBBLE COLUMNS; CALORIFIC VALUE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENERGY BALANCE; HEATING; LIFE CYCLE; MICROORGANISMS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; BIOREACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MICROALGA; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PRODUCTIVITY; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DRY WEIGHT; ENERGY; HEATING; MICROALGA; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROALGAE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA;

EID: 79955009074     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.02.025     Document Type: Article

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