Microalgae-based biodiesel: Economic analysis of downstream process realistic scenarios

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 136, Issue , 2013, Pages 617-625

  Ríos, Sergio D ^a,b   Torres, Carmen M ^a   Torras, Carles ^b   Salvadó, Joan ^a,b   Mateo Sanz, Josep M ^a   Jiménez, Laureano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Economical evaluation; Microalgae; Process modeling

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS;

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; DOWNSTREAM PROCESS; ECONOMICAL EVALUATION; LIPID PRODUCTIVITIES; MICRO-ALGAE; PROCESS MODELING; REALISTIC SCENARIO;

BIODIESEL;

BIODIESEL;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LIPID; MICROALGA; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CENTRIFUGATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EXTRACTION; FILTRATION; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 84876319973     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.03.046     Document Type: Article

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