Microalgae isolation and selection for prospective biodiesel production

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1835-1849

  Duong, Van Thang ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Nowak, Ekaterina ^a   Schenk, Peer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

algaculture; Biodiesel; Fatty acids; Lipid; Microalgae; Transesterification; Triacylglycerides

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

ALGACULTURE; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; LARGE SCALE CULTIVATIONS; MICRO-ALGAE; TRIACYL GLYCERIDE; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS;

ALGAE;

EID: 84863574267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5061835     Document Type: Article

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