High-Fidelity Modelling Methodology of Light-Limited Photosynthetic Production in Microalgae.

ABSTRACT: Reliable quantitative description of light-limited growth in microalgae is key to improving the design and operation of industrial production systems. This article shows how the capability to predict photosynthetic processes can benefit from a synergy between mathematical modelling and lab-scale experiments using systematic design of experiment techniques. A model of chlorophyll fluorescence developed by the authors [Nikolaou et al., J Biotechnol 194:91-99, 2015] is used as starting point, whereby the representation of non-photochemical-quenching (NPQ) process is refined for biological consistency. This model spans multiple time scales ranging from milliseconds to hours, thus calling for a combination of various experimental techniques in order to arrive at a sufficiently rich data set and

SUBMITTER: Bernardi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4824504 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature