Materials, operational energy inputs, and net energy ratio for photobiological hydrogen production

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1225-1234

  Burgess, Greg ^a   Fernández Velasco, Javier G ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Embodied energy; Material energy content; Net energy ratio; Photobiological hydrogen; Tubular photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; HEATING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

EMBODIED ENERGY; INDUSTRIAL TUBULAR PHOTOBIOREACTORS; MATERIAL ENERGY CONTENTS; NET ENERGY RATIOS (NER); PHOTOBIOLOGICAL HYDROGEN;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 34248683930     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.10.055     Document Type: Article

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