Microalgae for the production of bulk chemicals and biofuels

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-295

  Wijffels, Rene H ^a   Barbosa, Maria J ^a   Eppink, Michel H M ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SYNTHON BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biorefinery process design; Bulk chemicals; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS COMPONENTS; BIOREFINERY PROCESS; BIOREFINING; BULK CHEMICALS; END-PRODUCTS; INTEGRATED PRODUCTION; METABOLIC MODELING; MICRO-ALGAE; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PHOTOBIOREACTOR DESIGN; PRODUCTION COST; SCALE-UP; SELECTIVE SEPARATION; STRAIN DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

BIODIESEL; BIOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DESIGN; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDSTOCKS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN; PROCESS DESIGN; PROTEINS;

ALGAE;

EID: 77952749107     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.215     Document Type: Review

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