A Simple and Reliable Method to Determine Mean Incident Light Flux Densities on Cylindrical Photoreactors and Photobioreactors from a Unique Fluence Rate Measurement

• Published in: Industrial & engineering chemistry research Vol. 62; no. 12; pp. 4875 - 4884
• Main Authors: Cornet, Jean-François, Dauchet, Jérémi, Vourc’h, Thomas, Arnau, Carolina, Garcia-Gragera, David, Gòdia, Francesc, Gros, Fabrice, Peiro, Enrique
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 29.03.2023
• Subjects: Chemical Sciences; Engineering Sciences; Kinetics, Catalysis, and Reaction Engineering

A new method to determine the hemispherical incident light (photon) flux density onto cylindrical photoreactors or photobioreactors is presented. It applies to situations where the photo­(bio)­reactor is radially illuminated by surrounding artificial sources or solar light. It relies on the direct m...