TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and applications of photobioreactors- a review
AU - Sirohi, Ranjna
AU - Kumar Pandey, Ashutosh
AU - Ranganathan, Panneerselvam
AU - Singh, Shikhangi
AU - Udayan, Aswathy
AU - Kumar Awasthi, Mukesh
AU - Hoang, Anh Tuan
AU - Chilakamarry, Chaitanya Reddy
AU - Kim, Sang Hyoun
AU - Sim, Sang Jun
N1 - Funding Information:
The corresponding author acknowledges the funds provided by Korea Carbon to X, R&D Center (2020M3H7A1098295) and the National Research Foundation (NRF-2019R1A2C3009821 / NRF-2020R1A5A1018052) of the Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - There has been increasing attention in recent years on the use of photobioreactors for various biotechnological applications, especially for the cultivation of microalgae. Photobioreactors-based production of photosynthetic microorganisms furnish several advantages as minimising toxicity and providing improved conditions. However, the designing and scaling-up of photobioreactors (PBRs) remain a challenge. Due to huge capital investment and operating cost, there is a deficiency of suitable PBRs for development of photosynthetic microorganisms on large-scale. It is, therefore, highly desirable to understand the current state-of-the-art PBRs, their advantages and limitations so as to classify different PBRs as per their most suited applications. This review provides a holistic overview of the discreet features of diverse PBR designs and their purpose in microalgae growth and biohydrogen production and also summarizes the recent development in use of hybrid PBRs to increase their working efficiency and overall economics of their operation for the production of value-added products.
AB - There has been increasing attention in recent years on the use of photobioreactors for various biotechnological applications, especially for the cultivation of microalgae. Photobioreactors-based production of photosynthetic microorganisms furnish several advantages as minimising toxicity and providing improved conditions. However, the designing and scaling-up of photobioreactors (PBRs) remain a challenge. Due to huge capital investment and operating cost, there is a deficiency of suitable PBRs for development of photosynthetic microorganisms on large-scale. It is, therefore, highly desirable to understand the current state-of-the-art PBRs, their advantages and limitations so as to classify different PBRs as per their most suited applications. This review provides a holistic overview of the discreet features of diverse PBR designs and their purpose in microalgae growth and biohydrogen production and also summarizes the recent development in use of hybrid PBRs to increase their working efficiency and overall economics of their operation for the production of value-added products.
KW - Biohydrogen
KW - Design
KW - Microalgae
KW - Photobioreactors
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126858
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126858
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35183729
AN - SCOPUS:85125266447
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 349
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
M1 - 126858
ER -
