Flat Plate Photobioreactors
We always see tubular photobioreactors in pictures, that's because they are expensive to build and maintain. The industry doesn't want algae production in mass.
Generally, flat-plate photobioreactors are made of transparent materials for maximum utilization of solar light energy. Accumulation of dissolved oxygen concentrations in flat-plate photobioreactors is relatively low compared to horizontal tubular photobioreactors. It has been reported that with flat-plate photobioreactors, high photosynthetic efficiencies can be achieved (Hu et al., 1996; Richmond, 2000). Flat-plate photobioreactors are very suitable for mass cultures of algae.
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