Assessment of key biological and engineering design parameters for production of Chlorella zofingiensis (Chlorophyceae) in outdoor photobioreactors

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5645-5655

  Zemke, Peter E ^a   Sommerfeld, Milton R ^a   Hu, Qiang ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical composition; Chlorella zofingiensis; Flat plate photobioreactor; Initial concentration; Optical path length; Photobioreactor orientation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORELLA ZOFINGIENSIS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR;

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; LIPIDS; NITROGEN; PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

ALGA; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESIGN; INOCULATION; INSOLATION; LIPID; PARAMETERIZATION; TRADE-OFF;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA ZOFINGIENSIS; DRY WEIGHT; INOCULATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEIN CONTENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUNLIGHT;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHLORELLA; LIGHT; LIPID METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

'CHLORELLA' ZOFINGIENSIS; CHLOROPHYCEAE;

EID: 84878735493     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4919-5     Document Type: Article

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