Photobioreactor of Microalgas for CO<sub>2</sub> Biofixation

Novel photobioreactor for mass cultivation of microalgae

An Optofluidic Photobioreactor Strategy for Bioenergy

A novel approach to cultivating cyanobacteria is presented which utilizes near-field evanescent waves on the surface of waveguides to excite the photocenters in the thylakoid membranes of cyanobacteria. This approach to light delivery when applied to photobioreactor design may provide an opportunity to significantly increase yield and make biofuels an economically competitive alternative to tra...

Tubular photobioreactor design for algal cultures.

Principles of fluid mechanics, gas-liquid mass transfer, and irradiance controlled algal growth are integrated into a method for designing tubular photobioreactors in which the culture is circulated by an airlift pump. A 0.2 m(3) photobioreactor designed using the proposed approach was proved in continuous outdoor culture of the microalga Phaeodactylum tricornutum. The culture performance was a...

Photobioreactor Design and Fluid Dynamics

Photobioreactor design is a subject of great relevance for the attainment of a sustained development in modern technology, and has also considerable interest from the basic scientific and technologic point of view. The aim of the present review paper is presenting and comparing some of the recent attempts by the authors of modelling photosynthesis in reactors. A short inspection of the kinetic ...

A novel horizontal photobioreactor for high-density cultivation of microalgae.

Microalgae are a promising source of biofuels and bioproducts, as they consume CO2 to grow, multiply quickly, and can be cultivated in wastewater and on marginal land. Development of low-cost and high-efficiency microalgal cultivation systems is important to the cost-competitiveness of algae. A floating horizontal photobioreactor (HBR) was developed that is inexpensive and scalable, as it is ma...