Photosynthesis Blackman model

For the sake of simplicity an alternative model will be introduced which wiU prove to be very usefiil when analyzing photobioreactor productivity. This one is based on Blackman kinetics (Blackman, 1905), and it follows the dashed lines in Fig. 12. According to this model the rate of photosynthesis increases Unearly with increasing photon flux density with the proportionality constant being a. When a saturating photon flux density of Iph,s is reached, photosynthesis reaches its maximal level and remains constant... 

In Fig. 13 the photosynthesis response according to both models (Blackman and Jassby Platt) is shown. As discussed before microalgae will... 

The variable depends on the photon flux density Iph as discussed in the previous section where the photosynthesis models of Jassby Platt and Blackman were introduced. Consequently, the specific growth rate fi can be written as a function of the photon flux density as illustrated in Fig. 16 ... 

Below the calculation routines to calculate the average specific rate of sugar production in the chloroplast (photosynthesis) wiU be explained in more detail for the Blackman andjassby Platt models. In order to perform such calculations aU necessary biological parameters must be known for the microaigai species to be cultivated a Ts/ph,m qlm, Yk/,, m,. 

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