A systems approach for CO2 fixation from flue gas by microalgae—Theory review

• Published in: Process biochemistry (1991) Vol. 51; no. 11; pp. 1817 - 1832
• Main Authors: Kroumov, Alexander Dimitrov, Módenes, Aparecido Nivaldo, Trigueros, Daniela Estelita Goes, Espinoza-Quiñones, Fernando Rodolfo, Borba, Carlos Eduardo, Scheufele, Fabiano Bisinella, Hinterholz, Camila Larissa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Algal kinetics; CO2 mitigation; Flue gas; Modeling; System analysis; CO2 mitigation; Algal kinetics; System analysis; Modeling; Flue gas
• ISSN: 1359-5113; 1873-3298
• DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2016.05.019

[Display omitted] •Global analysis of CO2 sequestration process from flue gas by microalgae.•Decomposition of system in sub-systems.•Hierarchic structure of photobioreactor (PBR) system.•Principles of PBR modeling. Green energy production connected with global warming is one of the hottest topics for industry, technology, and life science. Microalgae culture and its potential for industrial applications in CO2 fixation from flue gases for second generation biofuels and many other valuable metabolites’ production has received much attention in recent years. The goal of this review is to combine all the key knowledge obtained in state of the art studies in recent years about the modeling of photobioreactors (PBRs). In order to develop the complex PBR phenomenological model, we considered it as a system and applied the theory of system analysis on PBR. Special attention was given to decomposition principles of this theory where the PBR system was divided into sub-systems. Furthermore, this review shows how to combine the knowledge from modeling of sub-systems by taking into account relationships between them, and how such interrelationships influence the overall PBR modeling procedure for the particular microalgal cultivation process. The result of this work is a successful development of a complex PBR phenomenological model, which was presented as an independent original authors’ work.