Abstract
Photobioreactor design and operation mode are essential steps to ensure a high overall microalgae yield and cell productivities, making viable the commercial production. For this reason, there are trends of research in the field of microalgae that encompass design and development of reactor systems towards maximum productivity with minimum operation costs. In the literature, various photobioreactor designs have been employed such as open ponds, bubble column, flat plate, and tubular (conical, helical, etc.). Open ponds are the most commonly applied photobioreactor design in industrial processes. On the other hand, studies have been focused on tubular photobioreactors due to the possibility of achieving high volumetric productivity and better biomass quality. Therefore, in this chapter, some photobioreactor designs and their characteristics such as geometrical configuration, building material, and cell circulation systems will be discussed. Moreover, the operation mode, such as temperature and pH control, nutrient feeding, CO2 addition systems, flow rate, light supply, mixing, cultivation process and cleanness will also be considered to be important parameters in this field.
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Abbreviations
- DHA:
-
Docosahexaenoic acid
- DO:
-
Dissolved oxygen
- DW:
-
Dry weight
- H/D:
-
Height to diameter ratio
- HDPE:
-
High Density Polyethylene
- LDPE:
-
Low Density Polyethylene
- NER:
-
Net Energy Ratio
- PBR:
-
Photobioreactor
- PBRs:
-
Photobioreactors
- PEP:
-
Photosynthetic efficiency
- PMMA:
-
Rigid acrylic
- PVC:
-
Poly Vinyl Chloride
- TRC:
-
Transparent rectangular chamber
- UV:
-
Ultraviolet
- VAP:
-
Vertical alveolar panels
- VFPP:
-
Vertical flat-plate photobioreactor
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Carvalho, J., Matsudo, M., Bezerra, R., Ferreira-Camargo, L., Sato, S. (2014). Microalgae Bioreactors. In: Bajpai, R., Prokop, A., Zappi, M. (eds) Algal Biorefineries. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7494-0_4
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