Design of an airlift loop bioreactor and pilot scales studies with fluidic oscillator induced microbubbles for growth of a microalgae Dunaliella salina

0360338 - ÚT 2012 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Zimmerman, W. B. - Zandi, M. - Bandulasena, H.C.H. - Tesař, Václav - Gilmour, D.J. - Ying, K.
Design of an airlift loop bioreactor and pilot scales studies with fluidic oscillator induced microbubbles for growth of a microalgae Dunaliella salina.
Applied Energy. Roč. 88, č. 10 (2011), s. 3357-3369. ISSN 0306-2619. E-ISSN 1872-9118
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z20760514
Keywords : microbbles * microfluidics * algae
Subject RIV: BK - Fluid Dynamics
Impact factor: 5.106, year: 2011
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Feasibility of growing microalgae on steel plant exhaust gas was testedses from steel processing, which has a high CO2 content. Field trials show steady growth of biomass with 100% survival rate. The gas analysis of CO2 uptake shows a steady production of chlorophyll, total lipid constituency, and an accelerating exponential growth rate of biomass, with top doubling time of 1.8 days. The bioreactor is not mass transfer limited, nor O2 inhibited. Removing O2 inhibition results in high growth rates and high density of biomass.
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