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Design of Photobioreactors for Algal Cultivation
Hong-Wei Yen
1, I-Chen Hu
2, Chun-Yen Chen
3, and Jo-Shu Chang
41Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
2Far East Bio-Tec Co. Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan, Far East Microalgae Ind Co. Ltd., Ping-Tung, Taiwan
3Center for Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan
4Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan