Review of energy balance in raceway ponds for microalgae cultivation: Re-thinking a traditional system is possible

Applied Energy

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-111

  Chiaramonti, David ^a   Prussi, Matteo ^a   Casini, David ^a   Tredici, Mario R ^a   Rodolfi, Liliana ^a   Bassi, Niccolò ^b   Zittelli, Graziella Chini ^c   Bondioli, Paolo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Fotosintetica and Microbiologica Srl   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d Divisione SSOG   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Energy; Head losses; Microalgae; Mixing; Raceway ponds

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MICROORGANISMS; MIXING;

ENERGY; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAD LOSS; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGAE CULTIVATION; NEW DESIGN; PADDLE WHEELS; RACEWAY POND; TEST SITE; TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS; WATER HEADS;

LAKES;

BIOFUEL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY BALANCE; MICROALGA; MIXING; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTIMIZATION; POND; CORRELATION; CULTIVATION; ENERGY; ENERGY USE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LITERATURE REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALGAE;

EID: 84870738712     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.07.040     Document Type: Article

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