Application of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in cultivation of phototrophic microalgae: current state and perspectives

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1077-1088

  Glemser, M ^a   Heining, M ^b   Schmidt, J ^a   Becker, A ^b   Garbe, D ^a   Buchholz, R ^b   Bruck T ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

LED; Light emitting diodes; Microalgae; Photobioreactor; Wavelengths

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DIODES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; WAVELENGTH;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXTERNAL ILLUMINATION; GROWTH CHARACTERISTIC; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGAE CULTIVATION; MICROALGAL CULTIVATIONS; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; PHOTOBIOREACTOR DESIGN;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CULTIVATION; EQUIPMENT; GROWTH RATE; MICROALGA; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOLYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

ABSORPTION; ACUTODESMUS OBLIQUUS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; PHOTOTROPHY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION ENERGY; REVIEW; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STIRRED REACTOR; THERMOGENESIS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVICES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; TRENDS;

ALGAE;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; LIGHT; MICROALGAE; PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

EID: 84955190216     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7144-6     Document Type: Review

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