Photobioreactor Modeling and Radiative Transfer Analysis for Engineering Purposes / Claude-Gilles Dussap -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Calculating the Radiative Properties of Photosynthetic Microorganisms -- 3. Analysis of Multiple-Scattering Radiative Transfer Within Photobloreactors: Approximate Solutions for the Radiation Field Within One-Dimensional Cartesian Photobloreactors -- 4. Numerical Implementation of Photobioreactor Models by the Monte Carlo Method, Including Rigorous Solution of the Radiative Transfer Equation for Complex Geometric Structure -- 5. Stoichiometric, Thermoklnetic, and Energetic Coupling with a Radiation Field: Calculation of the Main Averaged Rates and Efficiency for the Photobioreactor -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2. Interaction Between Light and Photosynthetic Microorganisms / Razmig Kandilian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Theoretical Predictions -- 4. Experimental Measurements -- 5. Radiation Characteristics Under Various Conditions -- 6. Conclusions and Prospects -- References -- 3. Modeling of Microalgae Bioprocesses / Clemens Posten -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic Considerations and General Approach -- 3. Building Blocks for Phototrophic Process Models -- References -- Further Reading -- 4. Microalgal Photosynthesis and Growth in Mass Culture / Marcel Janssen -- 1. Fundamentals of Photoautotrophic Growth and Light -- 2. Quantifying Light-Limited Microalgal Growth -- 3. Estimating Photobioreactor Productivity -- 4. Improving the Estimation of Photobioreactor Productivity -- References -- 5. Industrial Photobloreactors and Scale-Up Concepts / Jack Legrand -- 1. Introduction -- 2. PBR Engineering and Scaling Rules -- 3. Modeling PBRs -- 4. Optimization of PBR Operation -- 5. Development of Commercial Technologies Based on PBR Engineering Rules -- 6. Conclusion.