Bioconversion of natural gas to liquid fuel: Opportunities and challenges

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 596-614

  Fei, Qiang ^a   Guarnieri, Michael T ^a   Tao, Ling ^a   Laurens, Lieve M L ^a   Dowe, Nancy ^a   Pienkos, Philip T ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioconversion of natural gas into liquid fuels (Bio GTL); Bioprocess optimization; Greenhouse gas; Hydrotreating process; Lipid extraction; Methanotrophic bacteria; Microbial lipids; Renewable diesel fuel; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIODIESEL; BIODIVERSITY; DIESEL FUELS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; FUEL STORAGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIPIDS; LIQUID FUELS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS;

BIOPROCESS OPTIMIZATION; HYDROTREATING PROCESS; LIPID EXTRACTION; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIA; MICROBIAL LIPIDS; RENEWABLE DIESELS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOFUEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIPID; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; OIL PRODUCTION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BIOFUEL; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; PHOSPHOLIPID;

BIOREACTOR; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84900547834     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2014.03.011     Document Type: Review

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