Vascular Structure Design of an Artificial Tree for Microbial Cell Cultivation and Biofuel Production

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-41

  Murphy, Thomas E ^a   Fleming, Evan ^a   Berberoglu, Halil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae cultivation; Artificial tree; Attached cultivation; Capillary physics; Evaporation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; MEMBRANES; NUTRIENTS; SUBSTRATES;

ARTIFICIAL TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; MEMBRANE PORE RADIUS; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTIVITY; TYPICAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; VASCULAR STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BIOFUEL; BIOREACTOR; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DESIGN; EVAPORATION; MICROALGA; POROSITY;

ALGAE; CULTIVATION; CYTOLOGY; EVAPORATION; MEMBRANES; NUTRIENTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SUBSTRATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84903901481     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-014-0318-3     Document Type: Article

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