Cultivation of microalgae on artificial light comes at a cost

Algal Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 333-340

  Blanken, Ward ^a   Cuaresma, Maria ^a,b   Wijffels, René H ^a   Janssen, Marcel ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial lighting; Energy balance; LED; Microalgae; Photobioreactor; Photosynthetic efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885529856     PISSN: 22119264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2013.09.004     Document Type: Review

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