Publication detail
Numerical simulations of mass transfer prediction in a photobioreactor
REBEJ, M. VONDÁL, J. JUŘENA, T. BRUMMER, V. JEGLA, Z. NAĎ, M.
English title
Numerical simulations of mass transfer prediction in a photobioreactor
Type
journal article in Scopus
Language
en
Original abstract
The paper deals with the possibility of using flue gas as a nutrient source for microalgae cultivation in a bubble column photobioreactor. The experiments performed on a vertical tubular photobioreactor determined the concentrations of the flue gas species that pass from the flue gas into the cultivation medium. The flue gas used for experiments was a gas mixture of different pollutants, e.g. SOx, NOx, or CO2, with a composition typical for waste-to-energy facilities. The paper is supplementary to the laboratory experiments. The objective of the multiphase CFD analysis is to develop the numerical model for mass transfer predictions in photobioreactors. The model employs the Henry’s law for interphase equilibrium and the penetration model for the mass transfer coefficient.
English abstract
The paper deals with the possibility of using flue gas as a nutrient source for microalgae cultivation in a bubble column photobioreactor. The experiments performed on a vertical tubular photobioreactor determined the concentrations of the flue gas species that pass from the flue gas into the cultivation medium. The flue gas used for experiments was a gas mixture of different pollutants, e.g. SOx, NOx, or CO2, with a composition typical for waste-to-energy facilities. The paper is supplementary to the laboratory experiments. The objective of the multiphase CFD analysis is to develop the numerical model for mass transfer predictions in photobioreactors. The model employs the Henry’s law for interphase equilibrium and the penetration model for the mass transfer coefficient.
Keywords in English
Photobioreactor;Multiphase fluid flow;Mass transfer;CFD;Bubble diameter
Released
05.06.2022
Publisher
AIDIC Servizi Srl
Location
Milan, Italy
ISBN
978-88-95608-91-4
ISSN
2283-9216
Book
Chemical engineering transactions
Volume
93
Number
1
Pages from–to
127–132
Pages count
6
BIBTEX
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author="Miroslav {Rebej} and Jiří {Vondál} and Tomáš {Juřena} and Vladimír {Brummer} and Zdeněk {Jegla} and Martin {Naď},
title="Numerical simulations of mass transfer prediction in a photobioreactor",
booktitle="Chemical engineering transactions",
year="2022",
volume="93",
number="1",
month="June",
pages="127--132",
publisher="AIDIC Servizi Srl",
address="Milan, Italy",
isbn="978-88-95608-91-4",
issn="2283-9216"
}