Section: New Software and Platforms

In@lgae

Numerical simulator of microalgae based processes

Keywords: Simulation - Microalgae system - Productivity

Functional Description: In@lgae simulates the productivity of a microalgae production system, taking into account both the process type and its location and time of the year. The process is mainly defined by its thermal dynamics and by its associated hydrodynamics. For a given microalgal strain, a set of biological parameters describe the response to nitrogen limitation, temperature and light. As a result, the biomass production, CO${}_2$ and nitrogen fluxes, lipid and sugar accumulation are predicted.

Release Functional Description: The In@lgae platform has been optimised to make it faster. Some of the key models have been rewritten in C++ to allow a faster computation. Models have been improved to include, in the growth rate computation, the composition of the light spectrum. The graphical user interface has been enhanced and several sets of parameters describing different microalgal species have been stored.

• Participants: Étienne Delclaux, Francis Mairet, Olivier Bernard and Quentin Béchet

• Contact: Olivier Bernard