A framework for sustainable design of algal biorefineries: Economic aspects and life cycle analysis

Algal Biorefineries: Volume 2: Products and Refinery Design

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 511-535

  Cheali, Peam ^a   Gargalo, Carina ^a   Gernaey, Krist V ^a   Sin, Gürkan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Algal biorefinery; Early stage process design; Economic analysis; Generic process model; Gwp; Life cycle assessment; Minlp; Monte Carlo; Process synthesis; Superstructure optimization; Sustainability analysis; Systematic framework; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956825387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20200-6_17     Document Type: Chapter

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