Modeling method for combining fluid dynamics and algal growth in a bubble column photobioreactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 229, Issue , 2013, Pages 559-568

  Nauha, Elina K ^a   Alopaeus, Ville ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Algae; Bubble column; Computational fluid dynamics; Modeling; Photobioreactor; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; COMPARTMENTAL MODEL; COMPARTMENTAL MODELING; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; COMPREHENSIVE MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; PHOTOBIOREACTOR DESIGN;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; BUBBLE COLUMNS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GROWTH KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; MODELS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84880402644     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.06.065     Document Type: Article

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