Biotechnological production of hydrogen: Design features of photobioreactors and improvement of conditions for cultivating cyanobacteria

BD Kossalbayev, G Yilmaz, AK Sadvakasova… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the last five decades, solar-based hydrogen (H 2) production has been intensively
studied. Specifically, the study of biophotolysis by cyanobacteria has received great …

Simulation of algal photobioreactors: recent developments and challenges

X Gao, B Kong, RD Vigil - Biotechnology letters, 2018 - Springer
Widespread cultivation of phototrophic microalgae for sustainable production of a variety of
renewable products, for wastewater treatment, and for atmospheric carbon mitigation …

Hydrogen from photo fermentation

A Reungsang, N Zhong, Y Yang, S Sittijunda… - Bioreactors for microbial …, 2018 - Springer
Hydrogen is considered to be a promising future fuel for the transportation sector due to its
zero carbon emissions and high energy capacity by mass. Nevertheless, an energy-saving …

Growth of algal biomass in laboratory and in large-scale algal photobioreactors in the temperate climate of western Germany

C Schreiber, D Behrendt, G Huber, C Pfaff… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Growth of Chlorella vulgaris was characterized as a function of irradiance in a laboratory
turbidostat (1 L) and compared to batch growth in sunlit modules (5–25 L) of the commercial …

Modeling and simulation of photobioreactors with computational fluid dynamics—a comprehensive review

G Luzi, C McHardy - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) have been frequently applied to model the growth
conditions in photobioreactors, which are affected in a complex way by multiple, interacting …

Comparison of different photobioreactor configurations and empirical computational fluid dynamics simulation for fucoxanthin production

BA Guler, I Deniz, Z Demirel, SS Oncel, E Imamoglu - Algal Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Microalgae production in culture systems has been a topic of intense study for a long time.
Optimization of cultivation conditions and design parameters of photobioreactors are …

A Thermosiphon Photobioreactor for Photofermentative Hydrogen Production by Rhodopseudomonas palustris

CE Bosman, RW McClelland Pott, SM Bradshaw - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
A thermosiphon photobioreactor (TPBR) can potentially be used for biohydrogen production,
circumventing the requirement for external mixing energy inputs. In this study, a TPBR is …

The development of a thermosiphon photobioreactor and analysis using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

BA Cho, RWMC Pott - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
The energy input into closed photobioreactors (PBRs) for aeration and/or agitation by
pneumatic and mechanical devices impacts their material, operational and production costs …

Light/dark cycle of microalgae cells in raceway ponds: Effects of paddlewheel rotational speeds and baffles installation

Z Chen, X Zhang, Z Jiang, X Chen, H He… - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to study the light/dark (L/D) cycle in raceway ponds (RWPs) by the
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method via determining the hydrodynamics of culture …

Computational Analysis of Dynamic Light Exposure of Unicellular Algal Cells in a Flat-Panel Photobioreactor to Support Light-Induced CO2 Bioprocess Development

NS Vasile, A Cordara, G Usai, A Re - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cyanobacterial cell factories trace a vibrant pathway to climate change neutrality and
sustainable development owing to their ability to turn carbon dioxide-rich waste into a broad …