Title:
A New Concept of Photobioreactor
Author(s):
Lucchetti, A., Zoughaib, A.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
In the future, more and more microalgae biomass will be needed at low production cost. This paper presents a novel process of microalgae culture permitting an easy upscale with low investment cost and a high productivity. A whole characterization of the photobioreactor is performed allowing describing its hydrodynamics and the mass transfer taking place in it. Light distribution has been modeled and a model to predict the growth of microalgae is created. To account for all the operational parameters of the photobioreactor, a global model with growing parameters, hydrodynamics and mass transfer parameters is created. The model result is compared with experimental microalgae cultures.
Keywords:
biomass, microalgae, modelling, photobioreactor
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Algae production systems
Event:
20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1CV.3.32
Pages:
453 - 464
ISBN:
978-88-89407-54-7
Paper DOI:
10.5071/20thEUBCE2012-1CV.3.32
Price:
FREE
