Modeling microalgal growth in an airlift-driven raceway reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 136, Issue , 2013, Pages 689-696

  Ketheesan, Balachandran ^a   Nirmalakhandan, Nagamany ^a  

^a New Mexico State Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

Airlift raceway reactor; Algal growth model; Carbon dioxide transfer; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIRLIFT-RACEWAY REACTORS; ALGAL GROWTH; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; MICROALGAL GROWTH; SENSITIVITY COEFFICIENT; SIMULATION; UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY;

ECOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH RATE; MICROALGA; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIRLIFT RACEWAY REACTOR; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CALIBRATION; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROALGA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS SALINA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCENEDESMUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; NANNOCHLOROPSIS SALINA; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 84876483451     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.02.028     Document Type: Article

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