Closed photobioreactors for production of microalgal biomasses.
Microalgal biomasses have been produced industrially for a long history for application in a variety of different fields. Most recently, microalgae are established as the most promising species for biofuel production and CO(2) bio-sequestration owing to their high photosynthesis efficiency. Nevertheless, design of photobioreactors that maximize solar energy capture and conversion has been one of the major challenges in commercial microalga biomass production. In this review, we systematically survey the recent developments in this field.
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5.
Bei
B
Wang
Christopher Q
CQ
Lan
Mark
M
Horsman
D056804:Biofuels; D018533:Biomass; D058086:Microalgae / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D058433:Photobioreactors
D056804:Biofuels