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Figure 11.4.1 Different types of photobioreactors: (a) column photobioreactor; (b) flat panel photo-
bioreactor; (c) horizontal tubular photobioreactor; (d) helical tubular photobioreactor
(Dasgupta et al., 2010).

Table 11.4.1 Various enhancing strategies towards various photobioreactors

Types Advantages Disadvantages Modification References

Column Excellent liquid Small Annular triple jacketed Liu et al., (2006)

photobioreactor content illumination photobioreactor

Good heat and surface area Column photobioreactor Chen and Chang

mass transfer Low surface- with internal light source (2006)

High durability of to-volume Torus shaped Fouchard et al., (2008)

the biocatalyst and ratio upon photobioreactor

packing material scale-up

Low material and
operating costs

Flat panel Large illumination Many Flat plate photobioreactor Zhang et al., (2001)

photobioreactor surface area compartments with some baffles

Suitability for and support Alveolar panel Tredici et al., (1991)

outdoor cultures materials photobioreactor

Good light path required upon V-shaped flat panel Iqbal et al., (1993)

Ease to clean up scale-up photobioreactor

Wall growth Flat panel photobioreactor Gilbert et al., (2011)

High power with rocking motion

consumption
for mixing

Tubular Large illumination Poor mass Near horizontal tubular Tredici et al., (1998)

photobioreactor surface area transfer photobioreactor Gebicki et al., (2009)

Suitability for Accumulation Conical helical Morita et al., (2000)

outdoor cultures of gas photobioreactor

Wall growth An α -shape tubular Lee et al., (1995)

photobioreactor

production rate more than 20 mL/L/h. Another column photobioreactor with internal
illumination (Figure 11.4.2a) was developed to enhance the illuminating condition, in
which a glass-made vessel was closed and several optical fibers protected in glass tubes
were then inserted into the liquid medium to provide illumination (Chen et al., 2010).
In addition, Fouchard et al. (2008) designed an innovative torus-shaped photobioreac-
tor (Figure 11.4.2b) using a marine impeller to circulate the culture. The results showed
that the combination of the loop configuration caused by the torus geometry with the