Bioethanol production by carbohydrate-enriched biomass of Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3937-3950

  Markou, Giorgos ^a   Angelidaki, Irini ^b   Nerantzis, Elias ^c   Georgakakis, Dimitris ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acid hydrolysis; Arthrospira (Spirulina); Bioethanol; Fermentation; Microalgae; Pretreatment; Thermal hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; SACCHARIFICATION; SUGARS; YEAST;

ACID HYDROLYSIS; ARTHROSPIRA (SPIRULINA); MICRO-ALGAE; PRE-TREATMENT; THERMAL HYDROLYSIS;

BIOETHANOL;

EID: 84884624421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6083937     Document Type: Article

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