(204d) Concentric-Tube Internal Loop Airlift Reactors for Microalgae Cultivation: A Review
AIChE Annual Meeting
2022
2022 Annual Meeting
Particle Technology Forum
Fluidization: Modeling
Monday, November 14, 2022 - 4:15pm to 4:30pm
The concentric-tube internal loop airlift reactors are common reactor configurations adopted for microalgae cultivation, as well as various chemical and biochemical processes. Despite the fact that this type of reactor has been proposed for a few decades and many research studies were conducted, there is no a research study which provides a thorough introduction of the basic concepts, configurations, and numerical and experimental methodologies for investigating the reactor performance. Hence, the present work provides a comprehensive review of the reactor basic concepts, classifications, theoretical background, performance metrics, numerical and experimental methodologies, and parametric analyses on the effects of reactor design parameters, as well as recent advancement techniques.
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