Modeling, control and optimization of microalgae-based processes
Overview
Here, contributions realted to modelling, control and optimization of large-scale photobioreactors for microalgae cultivation are presented. The main objective is to obtain adequate modelling and control approaches to contribute in better reproducible conditions with competitive market costs by analysing/simulating new photobioreactor designs, compensating for the permanent non-stationary behaviour of the processs, the presence of disturbances, taking advantage of nutrients provided by wastewater to the culture (mainly carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and phosphorous), removing any toxic metabolic products (e.g. CO2 mitigation), and controlling important internal cellular parameters (e.g. temperature, pH), in order to optimize the biomass production. The contributions presented here are thanks to a strong collaboration with the group of Francisco Gabriel Acien and collaborators.
Tools and simulators
Courses and talks
- An Online Virtual Tool to Simulate and Optimise Microalgae Cultivation in Raceway Reactors (Webinar, November 2023)
- Data-driven modelling and control solutions for microalgae-based processes (ICIA2023, May 2023)
- Modelling, Simulation and Advanced Control of Microalgae Related Processes (2021)
- Modelling, Control, and Optimization — Part 1 (Valladolid, Spanish, 2021)
- Modelling, Control, and Optimization — Part 2 (Valladolid, Spanish, 2021)
- Modelling and Control of Industrial Photobioreactors (UNED Madrid, 2014, Spanish)