Artículo
Assessment of the CO2 fixation capacity of Anabaena sp. ATCC 33047 outdoor cultures in vertical flat-panel reactors
Autor/es | Esteban Clares, Marta
Moreno Fernández, José García Guerrero, Miguel García González, Mercedes |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Bioquímica Vegetal y Biología Molecular |
Fecha de publicación | 2014 |
Fecha de depósito | 2017-12-05 |
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Resumen | The extent of biological CO2 fixation was evaluated for outdoor cultures of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. ATCC 33047. Culture conditions were optimized indoors in bubble-column photochemostats operating in continuous ... The extent of biological CO2 fixation was evaluated for outdoor cultures of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. ATCC 33047. Culture conditions were optimized indoors in bubble-column photochemostats operating in continuous mode, subjected to irradiance cycles mimicking the light regime outdoors. Highest values achieved for CO2 fixation rate and biomass productivity were 1 and 0.6gL-1day-1, respectively. The comparison among different reactors operating simultaneously - open pond, horizontal tubular reactor and vertical flat-panel - allowed to assess their relative efficiency for the outdoor development of Anabaena cultures. Despite the higher volumetric CO2 fixation capacity (and biomass productivity) exhibited by the tubular photobioreactor, yield of the flat-panel reactor was 50% higher than that of the tubular option on a per area basis, reaching values over 35g CO2 fixed m-2d-1. The flat-panel reactor actually represents a most suitable system for CO2 capture coupled to the generation of valuable biomass by Anabaena cultures |
Agencias financiadoras | Junta de Andalucía |
Identificador del proyecto | BIO 131 |
Cita | Esteban Clares, M., Moreno Fernández, J., García Guerrero, M. y García González, M. (2014). Assessment of the CO2 fixation capacity of Anabaena sp. ATCC 33047 outdoor cultures in vertical flat-panel reactors. Journal of Biotechnology, 187, 51-55. |
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