Coupling a simple irradiance description to a mechanistic growth model to predict algal production in industrial-scale solar-powered photobioreactors

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 3203-3212

  Kenny, Philip ^a   Flynn, Kevin J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biomass; Microalgae; Modelling; Photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975230047     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-016-0892-6     Document Type: Article

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