Kinetic of CO2 Reduction by Selected Aquatic Plants

Abstract

Several experiments were conducted to investigate the kinetic coefficient of photosynthesis reaction (k) by various aquatic plants. The results illustrated that the kinetic reduction of CO2 in the PBRs can be expressed by first-order reaction with R2 values > 0.88. The k values were varied from 0.38-0.60 depending on types of aquatic plants and initial elevated CO2 concentrations. In addition, the relationship between photosynthesis rate coefficients (k) and initial elevated CO2 were linearity with R2>0.99.