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Microalgal bioreactors: Challenges and opportunities
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Abstract Cultivating and harvesting of products from microalgae has led to increasing commercial interest in their use for producing valuable substances for food, feed, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and biodiesel, as well as for mitigation of pollution and rising CO2 in the environment. This review outlines different bioreactors and their current status, and points out their advantages and disadvantages. Compared with open‐air systems, there are distinct advantages to using closed systems, but technical challenges still remain. In view of potential applications, development of a more controllable, economical, and efficient closed culturing system is needed. Further developments still depend on continued research in the design of photobioreactors and break‐throughs in microalgal culturing technologies.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Xu, L., Weathers, P. J., Xiong, X., & Liu, C.
- Affiliations
- Jiangnan University (CN)
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute (US)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Liu, Chun‐Zhao
- Venue
- Engineering in Life Sciences
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-06
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 178-189
- ISSN
- 1618-0240 (ISSN-L)
- 1618-2863
- OpenAlex
- W1986118925
- Cited by
- 387
- References
- 106
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 22 · 2013: 25 · 2012: 16
- FWCI
- 7.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Engineering in Life Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Institute of Process Engineering, CAS Institutional Repository (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes › Fluid Dynamics and Mixing
- Keywords
- microalgae, photobioreactors, closed culture system, open-field cultivation, microalgal bioproducts, biodiesel, CO2 emission reduction, pollution reduction, bioreactor design
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