Perspectives on microalgal CO2-emission mitigation systems—a review

SH Ho, CY Chen, DJ Lee, JS Chang - Biotechnology advances, 2011 - Elsevier
The problem of climate change arising mainly from CO2 emission is currently a critical
environmental issue. Biofixation using microalgae has recently become an attractive …

Overview of the potential of microalgae for CO2 sequestration

V Bhola, F Swalaha, R Ranjith Kumar, M Singh… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
An economic and environmentally friendly approach of overcoming the problem of fossil CO
2 emissions would be to reuse it through fixation into biomass. Carbon dioxide (CO 2), which …

Effect of light supply and carbon source on cell growth and cellular composition of a newly isolated microalga Chlorella vulgaris ESP‐31

KL Yeh, JS Chang, W chen - Engineering in Life Sciences, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Light supply is one of the most important factors affecting autotrophic growth of microalgae.
This study investigated the effect of the type and light intensity of artificial light sources on the …

Edible Cyanobacterial Genus Arthrospira: Actual State of the Art in Cultivation Methods, Genetics, and Application in Medicine

MA Furmaniak, AE Misztak, MD Franczuk… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The cyanobacterial genus Arthrospira appears very conserved and has been divided into
five main genetic clusters on the basis of molecular taxonomy markers. Genetic studies of …

Microalgae cultivation in photobioreactors: An overview of light characteristics

SK Wang, AR Stiles, C Guo… - Engineering in Life …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing commercial interest in the cultivation of microalgae for the production of
biofuels, foods, pharmaceuticals, and wastewater treatment. Light is one of the most …

Spectral conversion of light for enhanced microalgae growth rates and photosynthetic pigment production

SF Mohsenpour, B Richards, N Willoughby - Bioresource technology, 2012 - Elsevier
The effect of light conditions on the growth of green algae Chlorella vulgaris and
cyanobacteria Gloeothece membranacea was investigated by filtering different wavelengths …

Photosynthetic CO2 uptake by microalgae for biogas upgrading and simultaneously biogas slurry decontamination by using of microalgae photobioreactor under …

C Yan, L Zhu, Y Wang - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion not only produces raw biogas which needs to be upgraded, but also
nutrient-rich waste stream biogas slurry which needs decontamination. Therefore, this …

Photobioreactors

JS Chang, PL Show, TC Ling, CY Chen, SH Ho… - Current developments in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Photobioreactors (PBRs) have a major role in cultivating phototrophic microorganisms to fix
CO 2 and produce target products. Light penetration and distribution as the energy source …

The effects of various LED (light emitting diode) lighting strategies on simultaneous biogas upgrading and biogas slurry nutrient reduction by using of microalgae …

C Yan, R Muñoz, L Zhu, Y Wang - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Biogas is a promising renewable energy which has to be upgraded to meet the efficient
combustion standard. The microalgae biogas upgrading system used in this study could …

Effect of Various Colors of Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) on the Biomass Composition of Arthrospira platensis Cultivated in Semi-continuous Mode

G Markou - Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, 2014 - Springer
In the present study, semi-continuous cultivation of Arthrospira platensis using various colors
of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as artificial lighting was performed in order to study their …