Comprehensive computational model for combining fluid hydrodynamics, light transport and biomass growth in a Taylor vortex algal photobioreactor: Lagrangian approach

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• 作者：Xi Gao ; Bo Kong ; R. Dennis Vigil ; ^{vigil@iastate.edu}
• 关键词：Photobioreactors ; Taylor&ndash ; Couette flow ; Microalgae ; CFD ; Simulation ; Radiation transport
• 刊名：Bioresource Technology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：224
• 期：Complete
• 页码：523-530
• 全文大小：2427 K
• 卷排序：224

文摘

A Lagrangian approach was used to simulate biomass growth curves. The model integrates hydrodynamics, radiation transport, and algal growth kinetics. Biomass growth curves at different rotation speed were well predicted. The weakness of the simulation Lagrangian approach was revealed.