Microalgae cultivation

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Microalgae cultivated phototrophically except for C. cohnil Schizochytridium sp., and T. aureum, which are nonphotosynthetic and are grown heterotrophically. 

Chen X, Goh QY, Tan W, Hossain I, Chen WN, Lau R Lumostatic strategy for microalgae cultivation utilizing image analysis and chlorophyll a content as design parameters, Bio-resour Technol 102(10) 6005-6012, 2011. 

Kasiri S, Ulrich A, Prasad V Kinetic modeling and optimization of carbon dioxide fixation using microalgae cultivated in oil-sands process water, Chem EngSci 137 697—711,2015. 

Figure 29 Schematic of turbidostat mode of operation of a microalgae cultivation system.

Barbosa MJ, Janssen M, Ham N, et al Microalgae cultivation in air-lift reactors modeling biomass yield and growth rate as a function of mixing frequency, Biotechnol Bioeng... 

Zhang QH, Wu X, Xue SZ, et al Hydrodynamic characteristics and microalgae cultivation in a novel flat-plate photobioreactor, Biotechnol Prog 29(1) 127-134, 2012. 

Figure 2 Examples of microalgae cultivation systems. Each system has been designed for a specific purpose and was scaled using on the engineering approach described in the text.

Chiaramonti D, Pmssi M, Casini D, et al Review of energy balance in raceway ponds for microalgae cultivation re-thinking a traditional system is possible, Appl Energy 102 101-111, 2013. 

The comparison between open ponds and PBRs for microalgae cultivation is illustrated in Table 4.1. 

Aurora Seco Torrecillas (nutrient removal and recovery from wastewater anaerobic membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment (WWT) microalgae cultivation for WWT), Chemical Engineering Department, University of Valencia (UV), Valencia... 

Sastre, R.R., Csdgdr, Z., Perner-Nochta, L, Fleck-Schneider, P., and Posten, C. (2007) Scale-down of microalgae cultivations in tubular photobioreactors - a conceptual approach./. Biotechnoi, 132,127-133. 

Quinn, J. Catton, K. Wagner, N. Bradley, T. Current large-scale US biofuel potential from microalgae cultivated in photobioreactors. Bioenergy Res. 2012, 5, 49-60. 

Biller, P., et al., 2012. Nutrient recycling of aqueous phase for microalgae cultivation from the hydrothermal liquefaction process. Algal Research 1 (1), 70—76. 

Cherad, R., et al., 2013. Macroalgae supercritical water gasification combined with nutrient recycling for microalgae cultivation. Environmental Progress Sustainable Energy 32 (4), 902-909. 

Jena, U., et al, 2011. Evaluation of microalgae cultivation using recovered aqueous co-product from thermochemical liquefaction of algal biomass. Bioresource Technology 102 (3), 3380-3387. 

Adapted from Slade, R., Bauen, A., 2013. Microalgae cultivation for biofuels cost, energy balance, environmental impacts and future prospects. Biomass Bioenergy 53, 29—38. 

Chinnasamy, S., Bhatnagar, A., Hunt, R.W., Das, K.C., 2010. Microalgae cultivation in a wastewater dominated by carpet mill effluents for biofuel applications. Bioresources Technology 101, 3097-3105. 

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