Collective Swimming Dynamics of Motile Micro-Algae: Cell-Wall and Cell-Cell Interactions

Using microorganisms to fight malnutrition in Indonesia

This thesis will function as a graduation project of two departments of the Delft University of technology: Science Communication and Industrial Design Engineering. It is funded and supervised by TNO. Problem description Globally, more than one third of child deaths are attributable to malnutrition. Because malnourished children have a low...

Development of an effective process model for algae growth in photobioreactors

Algae have been a hot topic in recent years due to their potential for several reasons. They have been proposed as an alternative for fossil fuels, a superfood for consumers, a potential CO2 absorber to reduce green house gas emission, feedstock for nutritional and chemical industry, a waste water treatment technique and more. However, the large...

CFD Modeling of Two-Stage Parallel Plate Sedimentation Centrifuge for Microalgae Dewatering

As one of the most fast growing species on earth, microalgae provides great potential to satisfy the ever increasing demand in food, energy and material in a sustainable way. The focus for this thesis work is on one of the most important bottle neck of microalgae harvest process: microalgae dewatering, by CFD modeling of the flow and...