Towards sustainable production of biofuels from microalgae

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1188-1195

  Patil, Vishwanath ^a,b   Tran, Khanh Quang ^a   Giselrød, Hans Ragnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Borregaard   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biofuel; Biomass; Hydrothermal liquefaction; Microalgae; Pyrolysis; Sustainable energy

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; DIESEL FUEL; OIL;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENT; LIQUEFACTION; MICROALGA; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; REVIEW; SOCIETY;

ALGAE;

EID: 48649108016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms9071188     Document Type: Review

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