Development of a draft-tube airlift bioreactor for Botryococcus braunii with an optimized inner structure using computational fluid dynamics

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 119, Issue , 2012, Pages 300-305

  Xu, Ling ^a   Liu, Rui ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Liu, Chun Zhao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactor; Botryococcus braunii; Computational fluid dynamics; Optimization of structural parameters; Scale up

Indexed keywords

AIR-LIFT BIOREACTORS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CFD MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CROSS-SECTION AREA; DOWN-COMER; DRAFT TUBES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INNER STRUCTURE; KEY PARAMETERS; MICROALGAL CULTURES; SCALE-UP; SIMULATED RESULTS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WATER LEVELS;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

HYDROCARBON;

ALGAL CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GREEN ALGA; MICROALGA; OPTIMIZATION;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INNER STRUCTURE PARAMETER; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR OPTIMIZATION; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

AIR; BIOREACTORS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROALGAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; RHEOLOGY;

ALGAE; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII;

EID: 84863004569     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.123     Document Type: Article

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