Assessing microalgae biorefinery routes for the production of biofuels via hydrothermal liquefaction

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 174, Issue , 2014, Pages 256-265

  López Barreiro, Diego ^a   Samorì, Chiara ^b   Terranella, Giuseppe ^c   Hornung, Ursel ^c   Kruse, Andrea ^c,d   Prins, Wolter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofuel production; Biorefinery; Hydrothermal liquefaction; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOCONVERSION; LIPIDS; LIQUEFACTION; MICROORGANISMS; OIL SHALE; PROTEINS; REFINING;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOREFINERIES; HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTIONS; MICRO-ALGAE; MICRO-AUTOCLAVE; NITROGEN CONTENT; THIRD GENERATION; TIME-REDUCING;

BIOFUELS;

ACETIC ACID; BIOFUEL; CALCIUM; CARBON; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCOLIC ACID; HYDROGEN; INORGANIC SALT; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFUR; ZINC; DRUG MIXTURE; GAS; LIPID; WATER;

BIOFUEL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LIPID; LIQUEFACTION; MICROALGA; PROTEIN; REFINING INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; LIQUEFACTION; MICROALGA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS GADITANA; NONHUMAN; SCENEDESMUS ALMERIENSIS; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG MIXTURE; GAS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME;

BIOFUELS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; COMPLEX MIXTURES; GASES; LIPIDS; MICROALGAE; NITROGEN; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84908650640     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.10.031     Document Type: Article

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