Revealing the synergistic effects of cells, pigments, and light spectra on light transfer during microalgae growth: A comprehensive light attenuation model

S Ma, W Zeng, Y Huang, X Zhu, A Xia, X Zhu… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the sole energy for photosynthesis, light decrease rapidly with path due to absorption by
pigments and scattering by cells in microalgal suspensions. By comprehensively …

Microalgal kinetics—a guideline for photobioreactor design and process development

K Schediwy, A Trautmann, C Steinweg… - Engineering in Life …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Kinetics generally describes bio‐(chemical) reaction rates in dependence on substrate
concentrations. Kinetics for microalgae is often adapted from heterotrophs and lacks …

Process engineering aspects of vertical column photobioreactors for mass production of microalgae

SB Pawar - ChemBioEng Reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Microalgae cultivation can be made sustainable on a large‐scale by lowering the costs
associated with closed photobioreactors (PBRs). It can be achieved through the appropriate …

Quantifying bioalbedo: a new physically based model and discussion of empirical methods for characterising biological influence on ice and snow albedo

JM Cook, AJ Hodson, AS Gardner, M Flanner… - The …, 2017 - tc.copernicus.org
The darkening effects of biological impurities on ice and snow have been recognised as a
control on the surface energy balance of terrestrial snow, sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets …

Investigation of growth limitation by CO2 mass transfer and inorganic carbon source for the microalga Chlorella vulgaris in a dedicated photobioreactor

B Le Gouic, H Marec, J Pruvost, JF Cornet - Chemical Engineering Science, 2021 - Elsevier
An experiment was set up using a well-controlled photobioreactor to characterize the CO 2
transfer and assimilation by photosynthetic microorganisms. This lab-scale system enabled …

Bead milling disruption kinetics of microalgae: Process modeling, optimization and application to biomolecules recovery from Chlorella sorokiniana

TR Zinkoné, I Gifuni, L Lavenant, J Pruvost… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Industrial development of microalgae biomass valorization relies on process optimization
and controlled scale-up. Both need robust modeling:(i) for biomass production and (ii) for …

Comparison of experimentally and theoretically determined radiation characteristics of photosynthetic microorganisms

R Kandilian, J Pruvost, A Artu, C Lemasson… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper aims to experimentally and directly validate a recent theoretical method for
predicting the radiation characteristics of photosynthetic microorganisms. Such predictions …

Prediction of the radiation characteristics and the light absorption rate of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cultivated under a progressive nitrogen starvation and …

FRF Ballestas, M Titica, J Legrand, L Pilon… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to develop a new method to predict the radiation characteristics of the green
microalgae C. reinhardtii during progressive nitrogen starvation that accounts for the …

Methodology for the fast direct estimation of spectral radiative transport properties in microalgae photobioreactors

LA Castillo, PJ Valadés-Pelayo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Light distribution within photobioreactors is critical for the photosynthetic activity of
microalgae in biotechnological processes. The radiative transport properties allow …

A novel model extended from the Bouguer-Lambert-Beer law can describe the non-linear absorbance of potassium dichromate solutions and microalgae suspensions

YC Yeh, B Haasdonk, U Schmid-Staiger… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: The Bouguer-Lambert-Beer law is widely used as the fundamental equation for
quantification in absorption spectroscopy. However, deviations from the Bouguer-Lambert …