Efficiency of CO2 fixation by microalgae in a closed raceway pond

• Published in: Bioresource technology Vol. 136; pp. 267 - 272
• Main Authors: Li, Shuwen, Luo, Shengjun, Guo, Rongbo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Carbon; Carbon capture and storage; Carbon Cycle; Carbon dioxide; Carbon Dioxide - metabolism; Chlorella vulgaris - metabolism; Culture; culture media; Expenditures; Fixation; Fixation efficiency; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Intermittent gas sparging; Kinetics; Mass transfer; Mass transfer coefficient; Microalgae; Microalgae - metabolism; Oxygen - metabolism; Ponds; Ponds - microbiology; raceways; Rheology; Model; Fixation efficiency; Microalgae; Intermittent gas sparging; Mass transfer coefficient; Sprinkling; Carbon dioxide; Transfer coefficient; Modeling; Mass transfer; Pond; Fixation; Intermittent; Alga; Microorganism

•A closed raceway pond and its equation of CO2 mass transfer.•CO2 dissolution efficiency in the closed raceway pond without algae.•CO2 fixation efficiency by algae with continuous aeration in the pond.•A mode of intermittent aeration with CO2 fixation efficiency of 95% in the pond. Microalgae contai...