Title :
A scalable evanescent light-based photobioreactor
Author :
Pierobon, S. ; Ooms, M.D. ; Sieben, V.J. ; Sinton, D.
Author_Institution :
Mech. & Ind. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
The evanescent growth of photosynthetic cyanobacteria on an LED-lit PMMA waveguide is demonstrated as modularly scalable photobioreactor architecture.
Keywords :
bioreactors; light emitting diodes; microorganisms; photochemistry; photosynthesis; LED-lit PMMA waveguide; modularly scalable photobioreactor architecture; photosynthetic cyanobacteria growth; scalable evanescent light-based photobioreactor; Biofuels; Computer architecture; Microprocessors; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Production; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
