Scale-Up and Commercialization of Algal Cultivation and Biofuel Production

Biofuels from Algae

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 261-286

  Lam, Man Kee ^a   Lee, Keat Teong ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Algal; Biofuels; Biomass; Commercialization; Economics

Indexed keywords

AIR PURIFICATION; ALGAE; BIOMASS; ECONOMICS; SUPPLY CHAINS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALGAL; ALGAL CULTIVATIONS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; COMMERCIALIZATION; CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTIONS; LIFE CYCLE ENERGIES;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84904034386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59558-4.00012-7     Document Type: Chapter

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