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Simulation of microalgal growth in a continuous photobioreactor with sedimentation and partial biomass recycling
Microalgae are considered as promising feedstocks for the third generation of biofuels. They are autotrophic organisms with high growth rate and can stock an enormous quantity of lipids (about 20 \u2013 40% of their dried cellular weight). This work was aimed at studying the cultivation of Scenedesmus obliquus in a
two-stage system composed of a photobioreactor and a settler to concentrate and partially recycle the biomass as a way to enhance the microalgae cellular productivity. It was attempted to specify by simulation and experimental data a relationship between the recycling rate, kinetic parameters of microalgal growth and photobioreactor operating conditions. Scenedesmus obliquus cells were cultivated in a lab-scale flat-plate reactor, homogenized by aeration, and running in continuous flow with a residence time of 1.66 day. Experimental data for the microalgal growth were used in a semi-empirical simulation model. The best results were obtained for Fw = 0.2FI , when R = 1 and kd = 0 and 0.05 day-1, with the biomass production in the reactor varying between 8 g L -1 and 14 g L-1, respectively. The mathematical model fitted to the microalgal growth experimental data was appropriate for predicting the efficiency of the reactor in producing Scenedesmus obliquus cells, establishing a relation between cellular productivity and the minimum recycling rate that must be used in the system
Weakly holomorphic modular forms in prime power levels of genus zero
Let be the space of weight , level weakly holomorphic
modular forms with poles only at the cusp at . We explicitly construct
a canonical basis for for , and show that
many of the Fourier coefficients of the basis elements in are
divisible by high powers of the prime dividing the level . Additionally, we
show that these basis elements satisfy a Zagier duality property, and extend
Griffin's results on congruences in level 1 to levels 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 16,
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Consumers\u27 Perceptions of the Role of the Marketing System in Subjective Well-being
The term happiness is used colloquially to refer to subjective well-being. In the years when the performance of marketing systems in Brazil was reduced, there was a fall in happiness index, which demonstrates the importance of marketing systems in the subjective well-being of individuals and society. Most studies on the role played by the marketing system in subjective well-being are based on mature markets. Little has been studied on the subject in Latin American markets. This article describes the role of marketing systems in the subjective well-being of Brazilian consumers. In qualitative research through interviews with consumers from cities of different sizes and economic development, it was found that in general the subjective well-being of the consumer can be achieved by access to products and consumer experiences. Preliminary conclusions are presented on how the marketing system and the consumption it provides influence on the subjective well-being of the consumer from the variation of income, level of education and access to public services
Electric and magnetic fields effects on the excitonic properties of elliptic core-multishell quantum wires
The effect of eccentricity distortions of core-multishell quantum wires on
their electron, hole and exciton states is theoretically investigated. Within
the effective mass approximation, the Schrodinger equation is numerically
solved for electrons and holes in systems with single and double radial
heterostructures, and the exciton binding energy is calculated by means of a
variational approach. We show that the energy spectrum of a core-multishell
heterostructure with eccentricity distortions, as well as its magnetic field
dependence, are very sensitive to the direction of an externally applied
electric field, an effect that can be used to identify the eccentricity of the
system. For a double heterostructure, the eccentricities of the inner and outer
shells play an important role on the excitonic binding energy, specially in the
presence of external magnetic fields, and lead to drastic modifications in the
oscillator strength.Comment: 17 pages, 10 figure
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