2020
A novel porous nickel-foam filled CO2 absorptive photobioreactor system to promote CO2 conversion by microalgal biomass
Guo W, Cheng J, Liu S, Feng L, Su Y, Li Y. A novel porous nickel-foam filled CO2 absorptive photobioreactor system to promote CO2 conversion by microalgal biomass. The Science Of The Total Environment 2020, 713: 136593. PMID: 31955094, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136593.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConversion efficiencyPore diameterAbsorption reactorPhotobioreactor systemLow conversion efficiencyMicroalgal biomassGas outflow rateVolume fractionShort residence timeNumerical simulationsCO2 conversionRaceway pondsBiomass growth rateReactorGasResidence timeEfficiencyOutflow rateReaction rateCODiameterMicroalgal cellsRelative height
2019
Three-dimensional numerical simulation of light penetration in an optimized flow field composed of microalgae cells, carbon dioxide bubbles and culture medium
Guo W, Cheng J, Song Y, Liu S, Ali KA, Kumar S. Three-dimensional numerical simulation of light penetration in an optimized flow field composed of microalgae cells, carbon dioxide bubbles and culture medium. Bioresource Technology 2019, 292: 121979. PMID: 31445241, DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121979.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptimized flow fieldFlow fieldNumerical simulationsThree-dimensional numerical simulationsComputational fluid dynamicsBubble volume fractionMicroalgae cellsCarbon dioxide bubblesBubble diameterConic bafflesFluid dynamicsSolution depthVolume fractionRaceway pondsMicroalgae cell concentrationIncident irradiationBiomass growth rateMicroalgae growthBubblesLight penetrationSimulationsPenetrationBaffles