Biofuels from Microalgae

Handbook of Microalgal Culture: Applied Phycology and Biotechnology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 566-577

  Barbosa, Maria J ^a   Wijffels, René H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biofuels; biorefinery; economic outlook; microalgae; multidisciplinary

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; PRODUCTIVITY; REFINING;

BIOREFINERIES; ECONOMIC OUTLOOK; LIPID PRODUCTIVITIES; MICRO-ALGAE; MULTIDISCIPLINARY; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; TRANSFER TECHNOLOGIES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84886954561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118567166.ch29     Document Type: Chapter

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