Airlift-driven external-loop tubular photobioreactors for outdoor production of microalgae: assessment of design and performance

By F. Fernández, J. Sevilla, J. Pérez, E. Grima, Y. Chisti. 2001

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Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Microalgal bioreactors: Challenges and opportunities (2009, background): “To attain the same mass transfer capacity, the power supply of 53 Wm 3 for the flat plate reactor [60] was much lower than the 2000–3000 Wm 3 [41, 42, 66] required for tubular photobioreactors.”
Biodiesel from microalgae. (2007, methodology): “Airlift pumps have been used quite successfully (Molina Grima et al., 1999, 2000, 2001; Acién Fernández et al., 2001).”
CFD simulation of hydrodynamics and mass transfer in an internal airlift loop reactor using a steady two-fluid model (2010, background): “For air–water dispersions and for suspensions in which the suspending fluid is water-like, Acién Fernández et al. (2001) and Chisti (1989) calculated the mass transfer coefficient from”
Influence of irradiance, dissolved oxygen concentration, and temperature on the growth of Chlorella sorokiniana (2007, background): “In closed photobioreactors that are used for outdoor cultures, there are variations in solar irradiance and temperature during the day (Molina Grima et al. 1999, Acién Fernández et al. 2001, Ugwu et al. 2005).”
Botryococcus braunii: A Renewable Source of Hydrocarbons and Other Chemicals (2002, methodology): “Continuous culture in airlift bioreactors (Chisti, 1989; Acién Fernández et al., 2001; Mirón et al., 1999, 2000) has been used especially frequently for producing B. braunii at ing.”
Wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds for biofuel production. (2011, background): “In commercial production HRAP systems fertiliser is usually added in excess to avoid nutrient limitation of algal growth (Acién Fernández et al., 2001).”
Recovery of microalgal biomass and metabolites: process options and economics. (2003, methodology): “The optimal processing conditions and the scale up of recovery have been described by Belarbi et al. (2000). Outdoor-placed tubular photobioreactors are used to produce the alga in continuous culture (Fig.”