Multi-physics modeling of light-limited microalgae growth in raceway ponds
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Journal Article
Abstract
This paper presents a multi-physics modeling methodology for the quantitative prediction of microalgae productivity in raceway ponds by combining a semi-mechanistic model of microalgae growth describing photoregulation, photoinhibition and photoacclimation, with models of imperfect mixing based on Lagrangian particle-tracking and heterogeneous light distribution. The photosynthetic processes of photoproduction, photoregulation and photoinhibition are represented by a model of chlorophyll fluorescence developed by Nikolaou et al. (2015), which is extended to encompass photoacclimation. The flow is simulated with the commercial CFD package ANSYS, whereas light attenuation is described by the Beer-Lambert law as a first approximation. Full-scale simulation results are presented on extended time horizons. Comparisons are made in terms of areal productivities under both imperfect and idealized (CSTR) mixing conditions, and for various extraction rates and water depths.
Date Issued
2017-01-06
Date Acceptance
2017-01-01
Citation
IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 2017, 49 (26), pp.324-329
ISSN
1474-6670
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
324
End Page
329
Journal / Book Title
IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
Volume
49
Issue
26
Copyright Statement
© 2016, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Grant Number
PCIG9-GA-2011-293953
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2017-01-06