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Novel Stacked Modular Open Raceway Ponds for Microalgae Biomass Cultivation in Biogas Plants: Preliminary Design and Modelling Cover

Novel Stacked Modular Open Raceway Ponds for Microalgae Biomass Cultivation in Biogas Plants: Preliminary Design and Modelling

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 24 (2020): Issue 2 (September 2020)
By: Francesco Romagnoli,  Baiba Ievina,  Weerasuriya Arachchige Anton Rayan Priyasad Perera and  Davide Ferrari  
Open Access
|Sep 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0050 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
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Published on: Sep 23, 2020
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Keywords:
Biogas,
Chlorella spp.,
effect of light intensity,
kinetic model,
microalgae,
open raceway pond
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

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