Environmental assessment of microalgae biodiesel production in Colombia: Comparison of three oil extraction systems

CTyF - Ciencia, Tecnologia y Futuro

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-100

  Pardo Cárdenas, Yeniffer ^a   Herrera Orozco, Israel ^c   González Delgado, Ángel Darío ^a,b   Kafarov, Viatcheslav ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN BUENAVENTURA   (Colombia)

^c CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analysis; Biodiesel; Biomass; Life cycle; Microalgae; Process simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIESEL; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; EXTRACTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEXANE; MICROORGANISMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MICRO-ALGAE; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

ALGA; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXTRACTION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OIL; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABILITY;

COLOMBIA;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA SP.;

EID: 84889245739     PISSN: 01225383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29047/01225383.59     Document Type: Article

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