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The carbon source is usually provided via bubbling of CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\u2010enriched air into the culture medium; however, this procedure is not particularly effective in terms of mass transfer. Besides, it leads to considerable waste of that gas to the open atmosphere, which adds to operation costs. Increase in the interfacial area of contact available for gas exchange via use of membranes might be a useful alternative; microporous membranes, in hollow\u2010fiber form, were tested accordingly. Two hollow\u2010fiber modules, different in both hydrophilicity and outer surface area, were tested and duly compared, in terms of mass transfer, versus traditional plain bubbling. Overall volumetric coefficients (<jats:italic>K<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>L<\/jats:sub><jats:italic>a<\/jats:italic>) for CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> transfer were 1.48 \u00d7 10<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> min<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup><jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup> for the hydrophobic membrane, 1.33 \u00d7 10<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> min<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup><jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup> for the hydrophilic membrane, and 7.0 \u00d7 10<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup><jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup> min<jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup><jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup> for plain bubbling. A model microalga, viz. <jats:italic>Nannochloropsis<\/jats:italic> sp., was cultivated using the two aforementioned membrane systems and plain bubbling. The produced data showed slight (but hardly significant) increases in biomass productivity when the hollow\u2010fiber devices were used. However, hollow\u2010fiber modules allow recirculation of unused CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, thus reducing feedstock costs. Furthermore, such indirect way of supplying CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> offers the additional possibility for use of lower gas pressures, as no need to counterbalance hydrostatic heads exists.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1021\/bp000157v","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2002,7,26]],"date-time":"2002-07-26T00:56:31Z","timestamp":1027644991000},"page":"265-272","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":82,"title":["Transfer of Carbon Dioxide within Cultures of Microalgae: Plain Bubbling versus Hollow\u2010Fiber Modules"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Ana P.","family":"Carvalho","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"F. 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