1. First Principles Airlift Photobioreactor for the Energy Balance of Microalgae for Biofuels Applications Open Access Author: Nugent, Lucas Alexander Title: First Principles Airlift Photobioreactor for the Energy Balance of Microalgae for Biofuels Applications Area of Honors: Chemical Engineering Keywords: MicroalgaeBiofuelsPhotobioreactorPhotosynthetic EfficiencyAirliftEnergy BalanceAlginatorChlorella vulgaris File: Download Lucas_Nugent_Final_Honors_Thesis.pdfDownload Final_Alginator_Figures.xlsx Thesis Supervisors: Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis SupervisorAli Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor