Life cycle costs for the optimized production of hydrogen and biogas from microalgae

Energy

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-93

  Meyer, Markus A ^a,b   Weiss, Annika ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogas; Economic analysis; Hydrogen; Life cycle costing; Microalgae; Photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; COMMERCE; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; INVESTMENTS; MICROORGANISMS; OPERATING COSTS; PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; MICRO-ALGAE; OPTIMIZED PRODUCTION; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; PRODUCTION LOCATIONS;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIOGAS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COST ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN; INVESTMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MICROALGA; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

GERMANY;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 84920723862     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.08.069     Document Type: Article

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