Control of predators in industrial scale microalgae cultures with Pulsed Electric Fields

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-64

  Rego, D ^a   Redondo, L M ^b   Geraldes, V ^a   Costa, L ^a   Navalho, J ^a   Pereira, M T ^c  

^a A4F Algafuel SA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Industrial photobioreactor; Microalgae; Pulsed electric fields

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROTOZOA;

CULTIVATION REGIMES; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGAE CULTURE; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; PROTOZOAN POPULATION; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; RECIRCULATIONS;

ALGAE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLORELLA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PARASITE CONTROL; PREDATOR; PROTOZOON; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; SOLID STATE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANE; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PROCEDURES;

PROTOZOA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROALGAE; PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

EID: 84923373940     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: 1878562X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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