Rheological properties of algae slurries for minimizing harvesting energy requirements in biofuel production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 432-439

  Wileman, Angel ^a   Ozkan, Altan ^a   Berberoglu, Halil ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Biofuel; Flow; Harvesting; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; FLOW; GREEN ALGA; MICRO-ALGAE; NANNOCHLORIS SP; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NON-NEWTONIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIORS; NUTRIENT MEDIUM; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SHEAR THINNING; VULGARIS;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; HARVESTING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

ALGAE;

LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALGA; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; HARVESTING; MICROALGA; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; PUMPING; RHEOLOGY; SLURRY; VISCOSITY;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; DEWATERING; DIATOM; FLOW KINETICS; FUNGAL CELL; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROALGA; NANNOCHLORIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PH; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR RATE; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

BIOFUELS; CHLOROPHYTA; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; DIATOMS; ENERGY TRANSFER; SEWAGE; VISCOSITY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; NANNOCHLORIS; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

EID: 84655160782     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.11.027     Document Type: Article

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