Mathematical modelling of light dependent microorganisms cultivation in countercurrent film reactor

Abstract

The kinetic parameters of the pseudo-continuous cultivation of green microalgae in the film photobioreactor with countercurrent flows of gas and liquid phases and equipped with spirals on the internal surface of quartz tubes have ben studied. A mathematical model of mass transfer during microalgae cultivation in a film photobioreactor has been developed. The model includes a kinetic equation that considers the effect of the conditions of the cultivation of microalgae populations and cells interactions. A method has been developed for solving equations of the model that uses the Galerkin combination and the finite-element methods.