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Advancing Microalgae Culturing Via Bubble Dynamics, Mass Transfer, And Dynamic Growth Investigations, Aastha Ojha
Advancing Microalgae Culturing Via Bubble Dynamics, Mass Transfer, And Dynamic Growth Investigations, Aastha Ojha
Doctoral Dissertations
"The major hindrances to large scale cultivation of microalgae are the problems associated with the design, operation, and scale-up of airlift photobioreactors (PBRs), due to a lack of a comprehensive understanding of the gas-liquid interaction process in real microalgae cultures. Thus, the overall objective of this work is to advance the fundamental understanding of microalgae culturing via gas holdup, bubble dynamics, mass transfer, and dynamic growth investigations.
First, a four-point optical fiber probe technique was employed to study the local gas holdup, and bubble dynamics properties such as bubble passage frequency, chord length and bubble velocity distribution, and interfacial area …