Model-based optimization of microalgae areal productivity in flat-plate gas-lift photobioreactors

Algal Research

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 153-163

  Pfaffinger, Christina Evi ^a   Schöne, Dennis ^a   Trunz, Sascha ^a   Löwe, Hannes ^a   Weuster Botz, Dirk ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flat plate photobioreactor; Growth kinetics; Mean integral photon flux density; Nannochloropsis gaditana; Nannochloropsis salina; Optimized areal productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991780666     PISSN: 22119264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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