Study of hydrogen production by three strains of Chlorella isolated from the soil in the Algerian Sahara

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4941-4946

  Chader, Samira ^a   Hacene, Hocine ^b   Agathos, Spiros N ^c  

^a CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Algerian Sahara; Chlorella; Hydrogenase; Photobiological hydrogen production

Indexed keywords

ALGERIAN SAHARA; ARID SOILS; BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; CHLORELLA SP; GAS PRODUCTIONS; HYDROGEN GAS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; HYDROGENASE; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICRO-ALGAE; OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; PHOTOBIOLOGICAL HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; GAS PRODUCERS; OXYGEN; SOILS; STRAIN RATE; SULFUR;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 66949158792     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.10.058     Document Type: Article

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