2020
Developing staggered woven mesh aerator with three variable-micropore layers in recycling water pipeline to enhance CO2 conversion for improving Arthrospira growth
Cheng J, Liu S, Guo W, Song Y, Kumar S, Kubar AA, Su Y, Li Y. Developing staggered woven mesh aerator with three variable-micropore layers in recycling water pipeline to enhance CO2 conversion for improving Arthrospira growth. The Science Of The Total Environment 2020, 760: 143941. PMID: 33341634, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143941.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWater pipelinesArthrospira growthHigh-speed cameraLarge-scale raceway pondsCarbonization efficiencyInput COConversion efficiencySmall bubblesAeratorCO2 conversionUniform microporesRaceway pondsBubble picturesImage processing softwareUtilization efficiencyOptimized structureProcessing softwareEfficiencyLayerCOPipelineBiomass measurementsMicroporesShearBubblesA 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
2018
Enhancing vorticity magnitude of turbulent flow to promote photochemical efficiency and trichome helix pitch of Arthrospira platensis in a raceway pond with conic baffles
Cheng J, Guo W, Song Y, Kumar S, Ameer Ali K, Zhou J. Enhancing vorticity magnitude of turbulent flow to promote photochemical efficiency and trichome helix pitch of Arthrospira platensis in a raceway pond with conic baffles. Bioresource Technology 2018, 269: 1-8. PMID: 30144753, DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.08.058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConic bafflesVorticity magnitudeTurbulent flow fieldTurbulent kinetic energyComputational fluid dynamicsRaceway pondsTurbulent flowFlow fieldDoppler velocimeterFluid dynamicsVortex mechanismBiomass productivityKinetic energyHigh biomass productivityHelix pitchBafflesEnhanced biomass productivityArthrospira platensisPitchVelocimeterEfficiencyMicroscopePromoting helix pitch and trichome length to improve biomass harvesting efficiency and carbon dioxide fixation rate by Spirulina sp. in 660 m2 raceway ponds under purified carbon dioxide from a coal chemical flue gas
Cheng J, Guo W, Ameer Ali K, Ye Q, Jin G, Qiao Z. Promoting helix pitch and trichome length to improve biomass harvesting efficiency and carbon dioxide fixation rate by Spirulina sp. in 660 m2 raceway ponds under purified carbon dioxide from a coal chemical flue gas. Bioresource Technology 2018, 261: 76-85. PMID: 29654997, DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.04.017.Peer-Reviewed Original Research