Characteristic time scales of mixing, mass transfer and biomass growth in a Taylor vortex algal photobioreactor

Engineering & Materials Science

• Photobioreactors 92%
• Biomass 53%
• Mass transfer 52%
• Vortex flow 50%
• Productivity 23%
• Fluids 18%
• Microorganisms 17%
• Flow patterns 14%
• Flow of fluids 13%
• Liquids 9%
• Gases 8%
• Experiments 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• vortex 51%
• mass transfer 50%
• timescale 42%
• biomass 35%
• reactor 20%
• productivity 20%
• fluid 16%
• mass transport 15%
• limiting factor 14%
• flow pattern 13%
• fluid flow 12%
• microorganism 11%
• liquid 8%
• gas 7%
• experiment 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Photobioreactors 100%
• Mass Transfer 48%
• Time 21%
• Reaction Yield 5%