Harvesting, thickening and dewatering microalgae biomass

Algae for Biofuels and Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 165-185

  Pahl, Stephen L ^a   Lee, Andrew K ^a   Kalaitzidis, Theo ^a   Ashman, Peter J ^a   Sathe, Suraj ^a   Lewis, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DEWATERING; RECOVERY;

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; CULTURE MEDIA; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; PRODUCT CONCENTRATION; RECOVERY TECHNIQUES; SINGLE STAGE; SOLID LIQUID SEPARATION;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 84943591282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5479-9_10     Document Type: Chapter

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