Macroalgae supercritical water gasification combined with nutrient recycling for microalgae cultivation

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 902-909

  Cherad, Ramzi ^a   Onwudili, J A ^a   Ekpo, U ^a   Williams, P T ^a   Lea Langton, A R ^a   Carmargo Valero, M ^a   Ross, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

algal bio refinery; hydrothermal gasification; macroalgae; nutrient recycling; seaweeds

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BATCH REACTORS; CATALYSTS; GASIFICATION; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; SEAWEED; SYNTHESIS GAS;

BIOREFINERIES; CATALYZED GASIFICATION; GASIFICATION EFFICIENCY; HYDROTHERMAL GASIFICATION; MACRO-ALGAE; MICROALGAE CULTIVATION; NUTRIENT RECYCLING; SUPERCRITICAL WATER GASIFICATION;

WATER RECYCLING;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; SACCHARINA LATISSIMA;

EID: 84886292346     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.11814     Document Type: Article

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