Light dependent growth kinetics of Scenedesmus spec. in flat-plate photobioreactors

Anja Koller, doctoral thesis Technische Universität München, 2017

 

The average availability of light was determined model-based for selected Scenedesmus spec. in flat-plate photobioreactors with a LED-lighting system in order to identify appropriate kinetic models for the light dependent growth of these microalgae. By increasing the incident photon flux density as a function of algal growth, optimal average light availabilities could be kept constant in the reactor resulting in significantly shortened process times of the batch processes.

 

Publications

  • Koller A, Wolf L, Brück T, Weuster-Botz D (2018): Studies on the scale-up of biomass production with Scenedesmus sp. in flat-plate gas-lift photobioreactors. Bioproc Biosys Eng 41: 213–220.
  • Koller AP, Wolf L, Weuster-Botz D (2017): Reaction engineering analysis of Scenedesmus ovalternus in a flat-plate gas-lift photobioreactor. Biores Technol 225: 165–174.
  • Koller A, Löwe H, Schmid V, Mundt S, Weuster-Botz D (2016) Model-supported phototrophic growth studies with Scenedesmus obtusiusculus in a flat-plate photobioreactor. Biotechnol Bioeng 114: 308–320