OPTIMALIZATION OF PHOTOREACTOR GEOMETRY FOR THE CULTIVATION OF CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII

Authors

  • Roman Fekete Institute of Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Námestie Slobody 17 81231 Bratislava Slovakia
  • Terézia Žáková Department of Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technická 4 166 07 Praha 6 Czech Republic
  • Ľudmila Gabrišová Institute of Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Námestie Slobody 17 81231 Bratislava Slovakia
  • Peter Kotora Institute of Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Námestie Slobody 17 81231 Bratislava Slovakia
  • Peter Peciar Institute of Process Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Námestie Slobody 17 81231 Bratislava Slovakia
  • Dominika Gahurová Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava Illkovicova 6 842 15 Bratislava Slovakia
  • Miroslava Slaninová Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava Illkovicova 6 842 15 Bratislava Slovakia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2018.58.0092

Keywords:

algae, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, scale up, photobioreactor, growth rate, gross biomass yield

Abstract

At the present time, a great attention is being paid to the use of algae. Algae can adapt to different conditions and can produce substances corresponding to responsible environments. The main problem in their cultivation is the design of a suitable photoreactor. It should create the optimal conditions for their growth, which is mainly dependent on the contact of the algae with the light. The intensity of the light depends on the hydrodynamic conditions in the photoreactor and on its geometry. This paper deals with the study of kinetics of growth and gross biomass yield of biomass in laboratory photobioreactors, respecting their geometrical similarity as a basis for a possible scale-up. An optimal ratio between biomass growth rate and its gross biomass yield as a function of the photoreactor geometry is searched. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii were used as the model organism.

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Published

2018-04-30

Issue

Vol. 58 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Fekete, R., Žáková, T., Gabrišová, Ľudmila, Kotora, P., Peciar, P., Gahurová, D., & Slaninová, M. (2018). OPTIMALIZATION OF PHOTOREACTOR GEOMETRY FOR THE CULTIVATION OF CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII. Acta Polytechnica, 58(2), 92-103. https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2018.58.0092
Received 2017-12-08
Accepted 2018-04-16
Published 2018-04-30