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Recent Trends of the Development of Photobioreactors to Cultivate Microalgae

미세조류 배양을 위한 광생물반응기 개발의 기술동향

  • 김종태 (조선대학교 바이오리파이너리연구센터) ;
  • 안동규 (조선대학교 기계공학과) ;
  • 박종락 (조선대학교 광기술공학과) ;
  • 박정우 (조선대학교 기계설계공학과) ;
  • 정상화 (조선대학교 기계공학과)
  • Received : 2010.12.16
  • Accepted : 2010.12.21
  • Published : 2011.02.01
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Abstract

This paper describes current status and future prospects of the mass production of microalgae biomass. Microalgae have attracted considerable attention since they not only effectively fix $CO_2$ gas during their metabolic process but also have the great potential to be utilized for producing valuable substances as a kind of efficient light-harvesting cell factories. In this review, we outline various types of photobioreactors employed for mass production of biomass by culturing microalgae in a well controlled way and give an overview about the present state of affairs, both domestic and international, in the field of the microalgal culturing technologies.

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