Contamination Management in Low Cost Open Algae Ponds for Biofuels Production

Industrial Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 221-227

  McBride, Robert C ^a   Lopez, Salvador ^b   Meenach, Chris ^b   Burnett, Mike ^b   Lee, Philip A ^b   Nohilly, Fiona ^c   Behnke, Craig ^a  

^a Sapphire Energy Inc   (United States)

^b Sapphire Energy Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CONTAMINATION; ECONOMICS; LAKES; PONDS; SAPPHIRE; STRAIN;

BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; FUEL PRODUCTION; HIGH VOLUMES; INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS; IT FOCUS; LOW COSTS;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84902200743     PISSN: 15509087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ind.2013.0036     Document Type: Article

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