Development and validation of a screening system for characterizing and modeling biomass production from cyanobacteria and microalgae: Application to Arthrospira platensis and Haematococcus pluvialis

A miniaturized, small-scale photobioreactor (PBR) known as EOSS2-PBR (Efficient Overproducing Screening System photobioreactor) has been developed to characterize microalgal growth under controlled conditions. As with similar systems, allows the screening of either culture conditions or species performance, but it is also specially designed provide high levels light absorption control in volume. First, an experimental characterization was carried on (i) determine operating adjust optimal parameters controlling such thermal behavior PBR, and (ii) ensure that no limitation other than occurred system assure reliable productivities. performance then characterized by Arthrospira platensis Haematococcus pluvialis cultures. By accurately relating transfer conditions, this facilitates setting kinetic models, which illustrated work for cyanobacterium platensis. Besides, continuous cultures were run both 1L Airlift flat-panel PBR same confirm reliability determination areal biomass productivity. Similar results obtained two PBRs a variance less 5%.