Cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris in tubular photobioreactors: A lipid source for biodiesel production

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-125

  Frumento, Davide ^a   Casazza, Alessandro Alberto ^a   Al Arni, Saleh ^b   Converti, Attilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Bioreactors; Chlorella vulgaris; Fed batch culture; Growth kinetics; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIODIESEL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; PRODUCTIVITY; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; FED-BATCH CULTURES; LIPID PRODUCTIVITIES; MICRO-ALGAE; STATIONARY PHASE; TUBULAR PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

BICARBONATE; BIODIESEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; LIPID;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FED BATCH CULTURE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 84886994142     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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