Kinetics and Energetics of Photosynthetic Micro-Organisms in Photobioreactors
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Z
Z2
Z
Zi
( ) = 1/V IS~v dV
Dimensionless length or radius (-)
Dimensionless working illuminated length or radius (-)
Length (m)
Mass fraction of the component i (-)
Mean volumetric integral (-)
Greek letters
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q, qth
O, 0', |
C
~t
~tu
Vij
(Y
Z
co, co', if2, ~'
f~)0
Illuminated fraction volume (-)
Thermodynamic efficiency (-)
Angle (rd)
Proportionality coefficient (-)
Gas hold-up (-)
Wavelength (m)
Specific growth rate (h-1)
Maximum specific growth rate (h-1)
Stoichiometric coefficient for the component i in reaction
j(-)
Dissipation function of entropy (J.kg DM- 1.h- 1)
Angle (rd)
Phenomenological stoichiometric coefficient (-)
Solid angle (-)
Albedo of single scattering = Es/(Ea + Es) (-)
Subscripts
ATP
C
CH
COF
EPS
G
L
N
NA
Pr
PC
P
R
r
S
T
X
XA
XT
Z
~S
Adenosine tri-phosphate
Carbohydrates or bicarbonate
Chlorophyll a
Cofactor
Exopolysaccharide
Glycogen or gas
Lipids or liquid
Nitrate
Nucleic acids
Protein
Phycocyanin
Phosphate
Respiration
r-direction
Sulfate
Total volume
Biomass
Active biomass
Total biomass
z-direction
Photosynthesis