Optimizing microalgal production in raceway systems

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 543-552

  Muñoz Tamayo, Rafael ^a   Mairet, Francis ^a,b   Bernard, Olivier ^a,c  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Microalgae; Modeling; Optimization; Photobioreactors; Raceway

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; MICRO-ALGAE; OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY; RACEWAY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALGAE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; MODELS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PRODUCTIVITY;

OPTIMIZATION;

BIOFUEL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MICROALGA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; KINETICS; LIGHT; MICROALGAE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84875960727     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1699     Document Type: Article

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