Resource requirements for the large-scale production of algal biofuels

Biofuels

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 409-435

  Pate, Ronald C ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCKS; CHEMICAL PRODUCTS; FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; LIQUID TRANSPORTATION; MICROALGAL BIOFUELS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FEEDSTOCKS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84880115067     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.13.28     Document Type: Review

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