Harvesting and extraction technology contributions to algae biofuels economic viability

Algal Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-78

  Richardson, James W ^a   Johnson, Myriah D ^a   Lacey, Ronald ^b   Oyler, Jim ^c   Capareda, Sergio ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

^c Genifuel Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of production; Electrocoagulation; Farm level algae risk model (FARM); Hydrothermal liquefaction catalytic hydrothermal gasification; Monte carlo simulation; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 84902052081     PISSN: 22119264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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