Comprehensive techno-economic analysis of wastewater-based algal biofuel production: A case study

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 211, Issue , 2016, Pages 584-593

  Xin, Chunhua ^a,b   Addy, Min M ^b   Zhao, Jinyu ^c   Cheng, Yanling ^b   Cheng, Sibo ^b   Mu, Dongyan ^d   Liu, Yuhuan ^e   Ding, Rijia ^a   Chen, Paul ^b   Ruan, Roger ^b,e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE   (China)

^d KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Algal biofuel; Centrate wastewater; Microalgae; Pyrolysis; Techno economic analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; EARNINGS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MICROORGANISMS; PYROLYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALGAL BIOFUELS; CENTRATE; GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGAE CULTIVATION; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

BIOFUEL; CARBON; GAS; WASTE WATER;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTIVATION; MICROALGA; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION COST; PYROLYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CENTRIFUGE; COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOCCULATION; FLUE GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVESTING; MICROALGA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; GAS; METABOLISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALGAE;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FLOCCULATION; GASES; MICROALGAE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84961926406     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.03.102     Document Type: Article

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