Outdoor pilot-scale production of Nannochloropsis gaditana: Influence of culture parameters and lipid production rates in tubular photobioreactors

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 667-676

  San Pedro, A ^a   Gonzalez Lopez C V ^a   Acien F G ^a   Molina Grima, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Growth model; Microalgae; Nitrate limitation; Outdoor culture; Tubular photobioreactors

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; NITRATES; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PRODUCTIVITY;

BIOMASS COMPOSITIONS; FATTY ACIDS CONTENTS; GROWTH MODELING; MICRO-ALGAE; OUTDOOR CULTURES; PILOT-SCALE PRODUCTION; SPECIFIC NITRATE INPUT; TUBULAR PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

FATTY ACIDS;

FATTY ACID; LIPID; NITRATE;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FATTY ACID; GROWTH RATE; LIPID; MICROALGA; NITRATE; PARAMETERIZATION;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; NANNOCHLOROPSIS GADITANA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEVICES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; STRAMENOPILE;

NANNOCHLOROPSIS GADITANA;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PILOT PROJECTS; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 84907403807     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.07.052     Document Type: Article

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