Microalgal culture systems: An insight into their designs, operation and applications

Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 127-132

  Ugwu, Charles U ^a   Aoyagi, Hideki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mass transfer; Microalgae; Mixing; Open ponds; Photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; CULTURE BROTHS; CULTURE SYSTEMS; LIGHT UTILIZATION; MASS TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGAL CULTURES; OPEN PONDS; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; PHOTOBIOREACTOR DESIGN;

ALGAE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LAKES; MASS TRANSFER; MICROORGANISMS; MIXING; PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

CELL CULTURE;

EID: 84864404700     PISSN: 1682296X     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2012.127.132     Document Type: Article

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