Analysis and Design of Photobioreactors for Microalgae Production I: Method and Parameters for Radiation Field Simulation
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Having capabilities for the simulation of the radiation field in suspensions of microalgae constitutes a great asset for the analysis, optimization and scaling-up of photobioreactors. In this study, a combined experimental and computational procedure is presented, specifically devised for the assessment of the coefficients of absorption and scattering, needed for the simulation of such fields. The experimental procedure consists in measuring the radiant energy transmitted through samples of suspensions of microalgae of different biomass concentrations, as well as the forward and backward scattered light. At a microscopic level, suspensions of microalgae are complex heterogeneous media and due to this complexity, in this study they are modeled as a pseudocontinuum, with centers of absorption and scattering randomly distributed throughout its volume. This model was tested on suspensions of two algal species of dissimilar cell shapes: Chlorella sp. and Scenedesmus quadricauda. The Monte Carlo simulation algorithm developed in this study, when used as a supporting subroutine of a main optimization program based on a genetic algorithm, permits the assessment of the physical parameters of the radiation field model. The Monte Carlo algorithm simulates the experiments, reproducing the events that photons can undergo while they propagate through culture samples or at its physical boundaries.
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The Monte Carlo method does not suffer from the need for angular discretization, but computations can be very time-consuming for microalgae cultures because strong absorbance requires many photons to be traced before smooth results are achieved.
“An alternative method for radiative transfer calculations is the Monte Carlo method [207,208], which does not suffer from the need of angular discretization, but has the drawback that computations can be very time-consuming for microalgae cultures since the strong absorbance requires many photons to be traced before smooth results are achieved.”
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- Authors
- Heinrich, J. M., Niizawa, I., Botta, F. A., Trombert, A. R., & Irazoqui, H. A.
- Affiliations
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
- Universidad Nacional del Litoral (AR)
- Corresponding author
- Irazoqui, Horacio Antonio
- Venue
- Photochemistry and Photobiology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-04-20
- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 938-951
- ISSN
- 0031-8655 (ISSN-L)
- 1751-1097
- OpenAlex
- W1599652429
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Photochemistry and Photobiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- CONICET Digital (CONICET) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Funders
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
- Universidad Nacional del Litoral
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Computational Mechanics › Radiative Heat Transfer Studies
- Keywords
- photobioreactors, microalgae cultivation, radiation field simulation, absorption coefficient, scattering coefficient, microalgae suspension, Monte Carlo photon transport, Chlorella, Scenedesmus quadricauda, genetic algorithm optimization, biomass concentration, light scattering
- MeSH terms
- Algorithms, Chlorella, Computer Simulation, Light, Models, Biological, Monte Carlo Method, Scattering, Radiation, Photons, Biomass, Scenedesmus, Microalgae, Photobioreactors
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