TY - JOUR
T1 - Modeling shear-sensitive dinoflagellate microalgae growth in bubble column photobioreactors
AU - López-Rosales, Lorenzo
AU - García-Camacho, Francisco
AU - Sánchez-Mirón, Asterio
AU - Contreras-Gómez, Antonio
AU - Molina-Grima, Emilio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The shear-sensitive dinoflagellate microalga Karlodinium veneficum was grown in a sparged bubble column photobioreactor. The influence of mass transfer and shear stress on cell growth and physiology (concentration of reactive oxygen species, membrane fluidity and photosynthetic efficiency) was studied, and a model describing cell growth in term of mass transfer and culture parameters (nozzle sparger diameter, air flow rate, and culture height) was developed. The results show that mass transfer limits cell growth at low air-flow rates, whereas the shear stress produced by the presence of bubbles is critically detrimental for air flow rates above 0.1 vvm. The model developed in this paper adequately represents the growth of K. veneficum. Moreover, the parameters of the model indicate that bubble rupture is much more harmful for cells than bubble formation.
AB - The shear-sensitive dinoflagellate microalga Karlodinium veneficum was grown in a sparged bubble column photobioreactor. The influence of mass transfer and shear stress on cell growth and physiology (concentration of reactive oxygen species, membrane fluidity and photosynthetic efficiency) was studied, and a model describing cell growth in term of mass transfer and culture parameters (nozzle sparger diameter, air flow rate, and culture height) was developed. The results show that mass transfer limits cell growth at low air-flow rates, whereas the shear stress produced by the presence of bubbles is critically detrimental for air flow rates above 0.1 vvm. The model developed in this paper adequately represents the growth of K. veneficum. Moreover, the parameters of the model indicate that bubble rupture is much more harmful for cells than bubble formation.
KW - Dinoflagellate
KW - Fluid-dynamics
KW - Mass transfer
KW - Microalgae
KW - Physiology
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.161
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.161
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 28892698
AN - SCOPUS:85028914492
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 245
SP - 250
EP - 257
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
ER -