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Algae photo-bioreactors

Biomass from large scale culture of algae in tubes and other vessels

Hydrogen production by sulphur stressed algae

Under sulphur stress anarobic algae can evolve hydrogen gas.  However, there is much room for optimisation.

Bioconvection & gyrotaxis

Swimming green algae can induce hydrodynamic instabilities and thus bioconvection patterns.  Gyrotaxis describes biased swimming motion due to a balance of gravitational and viscous torques, and can result in long plumes of self-focused cells.

Taylor dispersion of gyrotactic cells

Biased swimming cells behave very differently than passively advected chemicals or tracers in pipe flow.

Flowfields

Flowfields around algae and bacteria are not what one might expect, especially when a cell interacts with boundaries or other individuals.

 

ABBL is a laboratory of Dr M A Bees.  It investigates theoretical and experimental aspects of biofluid dynamics.