Assessing the potential of algal biomass opportunities for bioenergy industry: A review

Fuel

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 414-423

  Ullah, Kifayat ^a   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^b   Sofia, ^a   Sharma, Vinod Kumar ^c   Lu, Pengmei ^d   Harvey, Adam ^e   Zafar, Muhammad ^b   Sultana, Shazia ^b  

^a Department of Electrical Computer Engineering   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Trisaia Research Center   (Italy)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae biomass; Bioenergy industry; Biofuel; Energy production

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

ALGAE BIOMASS; BIOENERGY INDUSTRY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; SECOND GENERATION; SOURCE OF ENERGY; THIRD GENERATION;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84916910825     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.10.064     Document Type: Review

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