Evaluating industrial symbiosis and algae cultivation from a life cycle perspective

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 6892-6901

  Soratana, Kullapa ^a   Landis, Amy E ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment; Microalgae cultivation; Photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

CHLORELLA VULGARIS; COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MICROALGAE CULTIVATION; OIL CONTENTS; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; SYNTHETIC SOURCES; WASTE STREAM;

ALGAE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MICROORGANISMS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER;

LIFE CYCLE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALGAL CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREEN ALGA; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT USE; OZONE; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE USE;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SYMBIOSIS; WASTE;

ACIDS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRY; MICROALGAE; OZONE; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; SMOG; SYMBIOSIS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 79956355235     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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