Lipid production by microalgae Chlorella protothecoides with volatile fatty acids (VFAs) as carbon sources in heterotrophic cultivation and its economic assessment

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 691-700

  Fei, Qiang ^a,b   Fu, Rongzhan ^b   Shang, Longan ^c   Brigham, Christopher J ^d   Chang, Ho Nam ^a,e  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d University of Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

^e Korea Research Council for Industrial Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chlorella protothecoides; Heterotrophic cultivation; Microbial lipids; Techno economic analysis; Volatile fatty acids (VFAs)

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIODIESEL; BIOFUELS; CARBON; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS;

CHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; CULTURE TEMPERATURE; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; HETEROTROPHIC CULTURE; LIPID ACCUMULATIONS; MICROBIAL LIPIDS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS (VFAS);

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

BIODIESEL; GLUCOSE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; ACETIC ACID; BIOFUEL; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIUM; FATTY ACID; LIPID; NITROGEN; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; AUXENOCHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; HETEROTROPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES CULTIVATION; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLORELLA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

AUXENOCHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES;

ACETIC ACID; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; CHLORELLA; CULTURE MEDIA; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; GLUCOSE; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; LIPIDS; NITROGEN; PROPIONATES;

EID: 84928609979     PISSN: 16157591     EISSN: 16157605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00449-014-1308-0     Document Type: Article

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