Characterization of microalga Chlorella as a fuel and its thermogravimetric behavior

Applied Energy

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-31

  Rizzo, Andrea Maria ^a   Prussi, Matteo ^a   Bettucci, Lorenzo ^a   Libelli, Ilaria Marsili ^a   Chiaramonti, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Microalgae; Pyrolysis oil; Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHARACTERIZATION; FEEDSTOCKS; MICROORGANISMS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CARBON CONTENT; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA SPP; CONVERSION MECHANISM; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FAST PYROLYSIS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; INTERMEDIATE ENERGIES; LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; LITERATURE DATA; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGA; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; NONISOTHERMAL; OPERATIONAL ASPECTS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS; PILOT REACTORS; PINE CHIPS; PREEXPONENTIAL FACTOR; PYROLYSIS LIQUIDS; PYROLYSIS OIL; REACTION ORDERS; SINGLE-STEP; SOLID RESIDUES; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC;

ALGAE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; MICROALGA; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WATER CONTENT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS;

ALGAE; AUXENOCHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 84870727729     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.08.039     Document Type: Article

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