Airlift column photobioreactors for Porphyridium sp. culturing: Part I. effects of hydrodynamics and reactor geometry

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 932-941

  Luo, Hu Ping ^a,b   Al Dahhan, Muthanna H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airlift column; Hydrodynamics; Irradiance distribution; Microalgae; Photobioreactor; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AIRLIFT COLUMN; COST-EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRAFT TUBES; FLASHING LIGHT EFFECT; IRRADIANCE DISTRIBUTION; MARINE MICROALGAE; MICRO-ALGAE; MULTIPHASE FLUIDS; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS; PORPHYRIDIUM SP; REACTOR GEOMETRIES; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SCALE-UP; SPLIT COLUMN;

ALGAE; BUBBLE COLUMNS; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROORGANISMS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

AIRLIFT COLUMN PHOTOBIOREACTOR; AIRLIFT REACTOR; ARTICLE; BUBBLE COLUMN REACTOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; GEOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PORPHYRIDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCALE UP;

BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CHLOROPHYLL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; LIGHTING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PORPHYRIDIUM; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

PORPHYRIDIUM SP.;

EID: 84857445452     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24361     Document Type: Article

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