A GIS cost model to assess the availability of freshwater, seawater, and saline groundwater for algal biofuel production in the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4840-4849

  Venteris, Erik R ^a   Skaggs, Richard L ^a   Coleman, Andre M ^a   Wigmosta, Mark S ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; COST-DISTANCE MODEL; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; SALINE GROUNDWATER; SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT;

ALGAE; COSTS; EVAPORATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEAWATER; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOFUELS;

FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; SEA WATER;

ALGA; BIOFUEL; GIS; POWER GENERATION; SALINITY; SCRUB; SEAWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ALGA; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MICROALGA; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

BIOFUELS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; MICROALGAE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNITED STATES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877614031     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304135b     Document Type: Article

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