Algal Biorefineries: Products and Refinery Design

0456756 - MBÚ 2016 RIV CH eng M - Část monografie knihy
Sergejevova, Magda - Malapascua, José R.F. - Kopecký, Jiří - Masojídek, Jiří
Photobioreactors with Internal Illumination.
Algal Biorefineries: Products and Refinery Design. Švýcarsko: Springer International Publishing, 2015 - (Prokop, A.; Bajpai, R.; Zappi, M.), s. 213-236. ISBN 978-3-319-20199-3
Grant CEP: GA MŠMT ED2.1.00/03.0110; GA MŠMT EE2.3.30.0059
Institucionální podpora: RVO:61388971
Klíčová slova: Biomass * Growth rate * Chlorella
Kód oboru RIV: EE - Mikrobiologie, virologie

There has been an increasing commercial interest in phototrophic culturing of microalgae for all-year biomass production for food and feed supplements, as a source of valuable and bioactive compounds, and most recently biofuels. Indoor photobioreactors (PBRs) with artificial illumination make it possible to grow microalgae strains under well-controlled physico-chemical conditions aimed to directed production of desirable compounds. By far, light is one of the most important factors for growth and it significantly influences the yield and composition of microalgae biomass.PBRs with interior illumination make it possible to use light (and energy) efficiently as the light sources are placed inside the microalgae culture. In our laboratory, various types of PBRs with artificial illumination – tubular, panel as well as column – have been constructed and used. Recently, 10- and 100-L pilot PBRs with internal lighting have been tested for microalgae growth. Tubular light sources based on white, high-intensity light-emitting diodes were submerged in microalgae culture. This set-up of PBRs makes it possible to adjust a wide range of culture conditions – temperature, light intensity, mixing and nutrient supply – required by individual strains.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0257242