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DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PILOT PLANT FOR MICROALGAE CULTIVATION AND POST- TREATMENT IN SUPERCRITICAL WATER

photobioreactormicroalgaeLVRPASettore ING-IND/25 - Impianti Chimiciphotobioreactor; microalgae; airlift; LVRPA;airlift
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Reflection-refraction effects on light distribution inside tubular photobioreactors

2017

One of the main parameters affecting autotrophic algae cultures is photon absorption distribution inside the photobioreactor. This clearly depends on the geometry of both the radiation source and the photobioreactor, as well as on algae suspension optical properties. In this work the local volumetric rate of photon absorption LVRPA in a cross-section of a horizontal-pipe photobioreactor was investigated by means of simplified Monte Carlo simulations. In particular, the fate of a number of photons perpendicularly hitting the photobioreactor circular section was simulated in relation to different values of algae concentration. The model takes into account refraction/reflection phenomena at th…

Materials sciencePhotonGeneral Chemical EngineeringSettore ING-IND/25 - Impianti ChimiciMonte Carlo methodPhotobioreactor02 engineering and technology010501 environmental sciencesRadiation7. Clean energy01 natural sciencesOptics020401 chemical engineeringLVRPAReflection/refraction effectChemical Engineering (all)[SPI.GPROC]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Chemical and Process Engineering0204 chemical engineeringSuspension (vehicle)Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)tubular photobioreactorMonte Carlo0105 earth and related environmental sciencesreflection/refraction effectsbusiness.industryRefraction13. Climate actionReflection (physics)business
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