Photobioreactors: Hydrodynamics and mass transfer

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 11, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages 162-167

  Jacobi, Anna ^a   Ivanova, Dragomira ^a   Posten, Clemens ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYTOLOGY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CELL REACTIONS; CFD SIMULATIONS; ENERGY DEMANDS; LIGHT GRADIENTS; MIXING QUALITY; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; POTENTIAL SOURCES;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 80051874599     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20100707-3-BE-2012.0033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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