On-off Control for Continuous Culture of Microalgae in Flat Panel Photobioreactor

Physics-based microalgae growth modelling and control for a vertical flat panel photobioreactor

Article Type: Full Length Research Article Microalgae have the potential to produce enough biofuels to meet current US fuel demands. In order to achieve this potential, photobioreactors (PBRs) that are efficient, scalable, and affordable need to be developed. Models are an analytical tool that can be used to evaluate various PBRs. In this article, a physics-based dynamic model was developed for...

[A novel flat plate photobioreactor for microalgae cultivation].

Flashing light effect on microalgae could significantly improve the light efficiency and biomass productivity of microalgae. In this paper, the baffles were introduced into the traditional flat plate photobioreactor so as to enhance the flashing light effect of microalgae. Making Chlorella sp. as the model microalgae, the effect of light intensity and inlet velocity on the biomass concentration...

Control of the Microalgae Photosynthetic Growth in a Torus Photobioreactor

The microalgae have the ability to use CO2 as carbon source and, together with the solar energy, to biosynthesize various components, generating O2. They have a huge potential in various industrial applications such as the production of therapeutic and industrial metabolites, biofuels and environmental applications. The aim of this paper is to control the photosynthetic growth of the microalga ...

Semi-Continuous Cultivation of Photosynthetic Cells in a Flat Plate Photobioreactor

From an engineering point of view, the effect of light intensity distribution on the stability of growth rate should be taken into account in designing effective photobioreactors and sustaining stable growth rates. In the experiments described here, in order to keep operational parameters at an almost constant level, a semi-continuous culture method was developed for cultivation of photosynthet...

Novel photobioreactor for mass cultivation of microalgae