Optimal processing pathway for the production of biodiesel from microalgal biomass: A superstructure based approach

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 305-314

  Rizwan, Muhammad ^a   Lee, Jay H ^a   Gani, Rafiqul ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biorefinery; Microalgae; Mixed integer nonlinear programming; Superstructure optimization

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIOREFINERIES; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGAL BIOMASS; MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; MIXED-INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; SUPERSTRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; MICROORGANISMS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PURIFICATION;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 84883322091     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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