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Review
. 2018 Sep 25;19(12):844-859.
doi: 10.1002/elsc.201800044. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Complex mathematical analysis of photobioreactor system

Fabiano Bisinella Scheufele  1 , Camila Larissa Hinterholz  2 , Maya M Zaharieva  3 , Hristo M Najdenski  3 , Aparecido Nivaldo Módenes  2 , Daniela Estelita Goes Trigueros  2 , Carlos Eduardo Borba  2 , Fernando Rodolfo Espinoza-Quiñones  2 , Alexander Dimitrov Kroumov  4
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Review

Complex mathematical analysis of photobioreactor system

Fabiano Bisinella Scheufele et al. Eng Life Sci. .

Abstract

Modeling as a tool solves extremely difficult tasks in life sciences. Recently, schemes of culturing of microalgae have received special attention because of its unique features and possible uses in many industrial applications for renewable energy production and high value products isolation. The goal of this review is to present the use of system analysis theory applied to microalgae culturing modeling and process development. The review mainly focuses on the modeling of the key steps of autotrophic growth under the integral biorefinery concept of the microalgae biomass. The system approach follows systematically a procedure showing the difficulties by modeling of sub-systems. The development of microalgae kinetics and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies were analyzed in details as sub-systems in advanced design of photobioreactor (PBR). This review logically follows the trends of the modeling procedure and clarifies how this approach may save time and money during the research efforts. The result of this work is a successful development of a complex PBR mathematical analysis in the frame of the integral biorefinery concept.

Keywords: CO2 sequestration; computational fluid dynamics; kinetic modeling; microalgae culturing; system analysis theory.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared no conflict of interest.

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Strategy to model a PBR system.
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Common scheme of the complex theoretical approach for medium optimization of culturing microalgae on flue gas. (Adapted from Kroumov et al. 21).
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