PhotoBioLib: A Modelica library for modeling and simulation of large-scale photobioreactors

This paper presents PhotoBioLib, a library developed in Modelica language for modeling and simulation of industrial tubular photobioreactors without necessity of a previous knowledge of programming neither the involved dynamics. Therefore, it provides models very similar to the real ones, with a high configuration potential, interconnection possibilities with other libraries and a high simulation speed. The library has been validated with real data.