A review on bio-fuel production from microalgal biomass by using pyrolysis method

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 82, Issue , 2018, Pages 3046-3059

  Azizi, Kolsoom ^a   Keshavarz Moraveji, Mostafa ^a   Abedini Najafabadi, Hamed ^b,c  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bio fuel; Biomass; Microalgae; Pyrolysis; Thermochemical conversion

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; FOSSIL FUELS; MICROORGANISMS; PYROLYSIS;

ALGAL BIOMASS; BIO-FUELS; BIOMASS FUELS; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; FUEL PRODUCTION; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGAL BIOMASS; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION;

MICROALGAE;

EID: 85034960191     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.10.033     Document Type: Review

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