A new bioenergetic and thermodynamic approach to batch photoautotrophic growth of Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis in different photobioreactors and under different light conditions
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Photobioreactor configuration, mode of operation and light intensity are known to strongly impact on cyanobacteria growth. To shed light on these issues, kinetic, bioenergetic and thermodynamic parameters of batch Arthrospira platensis cultures were estimated along the time at photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) of 70μmolm(-2)s(-1) in different photobioreactors with different surface/volume ratio (S/V), namely open pond (0.25cm(-1)), shaken flask (0.48cm(-1)), horizontal photobioreactor (HoP) (1.94cm(-1)) and helicoidal photobioreactor (HeP) (3.88cm(-1)). Maximum biomass concentration and productivity remarkably increased with S/V up to 1.94cm(-1). HoP was shown to be the best-performing system throughout the whole runs, while HeP behaved better only at the start. Runs carried out in HoP increasing PPFD from 40 to 100μmolm(-2)s(-1) revealed a progressive enhancement of bioenergetics and thermodynamics likely because of favorable light distribution. HoP appeared to be a promising configuration to perform high-yield indoor cyanobacterial cultures.
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The temperature 30°C is the optimum value for Arthrospira platensis.
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- Authors
- da Silva, M. F., Casazza, A. A., Ferrari, P. F., Perego, P., Bezerra, R. P., Converti, A., & Porto, A. L. F.
- Affiliations
- University of Genoa (IT)
- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (BR)
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-05
- Volume
- 207
- Pages
- 220-228
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2280777084
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 35
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- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 1
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- 1.27
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- Language
- en
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- CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa) (submittedVersion)
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- Funders
- Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca
- Università degli Studi di Genova
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (4241/14-2)
- 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 › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Fluid Dynamics and Mixing
- Keywords
- Spirulina platensis, Spirulina, cyanobacterial growth, photobioreactors, bioenergetics, thermodynamics, surface-to-volume ratio, photosynthetic photon flux density, light intensity, open ponds, biomass productivity, light distribution
- MeSH terms
- Energy Metabolism, Light, Thermodynamics, Time Factors, Photons, Autotrophic Processes, Spirulina, Photobioreactors, Batch Cell Culture Techniques
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