The cultivation of Anabaena variabilis in a bubble column operating under bubbly and slug flows.

In a bubble column reactor with an inner diameter of 6cm and a height of 63cm for the culture of cyanobacteria two different shapes of bubbles can be generated, resulting in bubbly flow or slug flow. Growth of Anabaena variabilis under slug flow (1.9g/l/day) was 1.73 times higher than that under bubbly flow (1.1g/l/day) when the specific irradiation rate was maintained above 10μmol/s/g dry cell. Although a stepwise increase in superficial gas velocity enhanced the average cell growth rate under bubbly flow by 1.57 times, the average cell growth rate during the deceleration phase under bubbly flow (1.98g/l/day) was 0.61 times smaller than that under slug flow (3.22g/l/day). These results demonstrate that the bubble shape in the slug flow was advantageous in regards to the radial circulation of cells. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Jong Hyun Yoon, Shin Sik Choi, Tai Hyun Park. The cultivation of Anabaena variabilis in a bubble column operating under bubbly and slug flows. Bioresource technology. 2012 Apr;110:430-6

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