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Document Type : Thesis 
Document Title :
Evaluation of performance of a tubular photobioreactor for carbon dioxide fixation by Chlorella vulgaris
ﺗﻘﯾﯾم اداء ﻣﻔﺎﻋل أﻧﺑوﺑﻲ ﻟﺗﺛﺑﯾت ﺛﺎﻧﻲ أﻛﺳﯾد اﻟﻛرﺑون ﺑواﺳطﺔ طﺣﺎﻟب اﻟﻛﻠورﯾﻠﻼ ﻓوﻟﺟﺎرﯾس
 
Subject : Faculty of Engineering - Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering 
Document Language : Arabic 
Abstract : Bio-sequestration of carbon dioxide is a promising technique for global warming reduction. The present work evaluates the performance of a bubble column photobioreactor for simulated industrial effluent treatment using Chlorella vulgaris. Chlorella vulgaris was cultivated under various conditions of initial size inoculum and initial carbon dioxide feed percentages. The maximum growth rate constant achieved was equal to 0.056 h-1 for the culture of a initial size of 0.01 g/L fed with 10% CO2. The mass of carbon fixed as a percent of carbon sequestered was calculated for all cultures and a maximum value of 40% was calculated for the culture of a initial size of 0.1 g/L fed with 5% CO2, indicating that not all carbon sequestered by the reactor is effectively fixed in biomass cells. The energy output (calculated as the higher heating value of produces biomass) as a percent of light energy input was calculated to account for the energetic performance of the reactor and the maximum calculated percent was equal to 12.21 % achieved for the culture of a initial size of 0.1 g/L fed with 5% CO2. Biomass subjected to a 16:8 and a 12:12 light / dark cycle yielded carbon fixation rate which represents 86 % and 18.8% of that obtained under continuous illumination respectively 
Supervisor : Dr. Gaber Mohamed Ahmed Idris 
Thesis Type : Master Thesis 
Publishing Year : 1435 AH
2014 AD 
Co-Supervisor : Prof. Dr. Yahia Al-Hamed 
Added Date : Tuesday, May 13, 2014 

Researchers

Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
ياسر محمد جادالحقGaber, Yasser MohamedResearcherMaster 

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