Experiments were carried out on continuous foam separation of Spirulina cells by use of a novel and effective bubble column
namely the incline-armed bubble column. The influences of the operation parameters such as gas flow rate
feed rate
feed concentration
solution pH value
ionic strength
ethanol concentration
feed position etc.on the enrichment ratio and recovery of Spirulina cells were investigated in detail.On the basis of the analysis of separation process
a mathematical macro-model for continuous adsorptive bubble separation was established.