A model for the effect of light on the growth of microalgae in outdoor condition

Darvehei, Pooya; Bahri, Parisa A.; Moheimani, Navid R.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-63965-3.50458-x

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“…The models can verify which variables (e.g., mass and energy transfer, hydrodynamics) can be controlled for microalgae production with proper performance [17][18][19][20]. Besides, some models try to incorporate outdoor dynamics with variations in light intensity and temperature over time [21][22][23][24]. However, these models lack a description of the inhibitory effects of oxygen and nutrient effects on microalgae growth.…”

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Airlift Photobioreactor for Microalgae Growth from Emissions: Mathematical Modeling and Simulation

et al. 2023

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A mathematical model is proposed to describe and simulate microalgae growth from emissions in an outdoor airlift photobioreactor. To this end, the influences of the concentration of total nitrogen, total phosphorus, CO2 present in the exhaust gases, temperature, and light intensity were considered in biomass production. The model was tested under different experimental conditions with biomass concentrations ranging from 2 g L−1 to 4.5 g L−1. Furthermore, the accuracy of the airlift photobioreactor simulations was greater than 90 %. Thus, the developed model was able to satisfactorily describe the experimental data, so that it can be applied in other microalgae systems for optimizing biomass production, both on laboratory and pilot scales.

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