Microalgae based biorefinery: Issues to consider

CTyF - Ciencia, Tecnologia y Futuro

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 5-22

  González Delgado, Ángel Darío ^a   Kafarov, Viatcheslav ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Bioindustries; Biomass; Biomass processing; Biorefinery; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOCONVERSION; BIODIESEL; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; MICROORGANISMS;

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIOINDUSTRIES; BIOMASS PROCESSING; BIOMASS TRANSFORMATION; BIOREFINERIES; BIOREFINERY PROCESS; MICRO-ALGAE; TRADITIONAL BIOMASS;

REFINING;

BIOMASS POWER; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MICROALGA; REFINING INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84858387259     PISSN: 01225383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29047/01225383.225     Document Type: Review

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