Sustainable approaches for algae utilisation in bioenergy production

Renewable Energy

Volumn 129, Issue , 2018, Pages 838-852

  Chia, Shir Reen ^a   Ong, Hwai Chyuan ^a   Chew, Kit Wayne ^b   Show, Pau Loke ^b   Phang, Siew Moi ^a   Ling, Tau Chuan ^c   Nagarajan, Dillirani ^d   Lee, Duu Jong ^e   Chang, Jo Shu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Algae; Algae based biofuel; Biodiesel; Bioenergy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIESEL; BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CULTIVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; NUTRIENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESOURCES; BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS;

LIFE CYCLE;

ALGA; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT INTENSITY; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ALGAE;

EID: 85018644494     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.04.001     Document Type: Article

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