Biodiesel from microalgae: The use of multi-criteria decision analysis for strain selection

Fuel

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 241-249

  Nwokoagbara, Ezinne ^a   Olaleye, Akeem K ^a   Wang, Meihong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Microalgae; Multi criteria decision analysis; Strain selection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BIODIESEL; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS; STRAIN;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); AUXENOCHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; COMPROMISE PROGRAMMING; MICRO-ALGAE; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PAIRWISE COMPARISON MATRICES; STRAIN SELECTION;

ALGAE;

EID: 84935445968     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2015.06.074     Document Type: Article

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