Stacked optical waveguide photobioreactor for high density algal cultures

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 171, Issue , 2014, Pages 495-499

  Jung, Erica E ^a   Jain, Aadhar ^a   Voulis, Nina ^b   Doud, Devin F R ^b   Angenent, Largus T ^b   Erickson, David ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal based biorefineries; Biofuel; Microalgae cultivation; Optical waveguides; Photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOCONVERSION; BIOFUELS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; ETHYLENE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PRODUCTIVITY; WAVEGUIDES;

BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; BIOREFINERIES; ETHYLENE PRODUCTION; LIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MICROALGAE CULTIVATION; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; VOLUMETRIC PRODUCTIVITY;

PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COST; REFINING INDUSTRY; SCATTERING;

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; REACTOR OPERATION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEVICES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROALGA; PROCEDURES;

ALGAE;

BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ETHYLENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROALGAE; PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

EID: 84908166485     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.08.093     Document Type: Article

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