Biofuel potential production from the Orbetello lagoon macroalgae: A comparison with sunflower feedstock

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 619-628

  Bastianoni, Simone ^a   Coppola, Fazio ^a   Tiezzi, Enzo ^a   Colacevich, Andrea ^a   Borghini, Francesca ^a   Focardi, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chaetomorpha linum; Emergy; Gracilariopsis longissima; Helianthus annuus; Lipids

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BIOMASS; EXTRACTION; LIPIDS;

CHAETOMORPHA LINUM; GRACILARIOPSIS LONGISSIMA; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

ALGAE;

ALGAE; BIODIESEL; BIOMASS; EXTRACTION; LIPIDS;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; EUTROPHICATION; GREEN ALGA; LAGOON; LIPID; MACROALGA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEED SET; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETABLE OIL;

CHAETOMORPHA LINUM; GRACILARIOPSIS LONGISSIMA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 44749092981     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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