Open thin-layer cascade reactors for saline microalgae production evaluated in a physically simulated Mediterranean summer climate

Algal Research

Volumn 25, Issue , 2017, Pages 381-390

  Apel, A C ^a   Pfaffinger, C E ^a   Basedahl, N ^a   Mittwollen, N ^a   Gobel J ^a   Sauter, J ^a   Bruck T ^a   Weuster Botz, D ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic bioprocess metrics; LED based climate simulation; Nannochloropsis salina; Open thin layer cascade photobioreactor; Pilot scale batch cultivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020801906     PISSN: 22119264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2017.06.004     Document Type: Article

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