Microalgal production - A close look at the economics
| Autor: | Maria J. Barbosa, René H. Wijffels, Niels-Henrik Norsker, M.H. Vermuë |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Bio Process Engineering
Light Commodity chemicals Photobioreactor Biomass Bioengineering Raw material Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Absorption light-path Photobioreactors Bioenergy photobioreactor Microalgae Netherlands VLAG Biodiesel business.industry gold Pulp and paper industry biofuels Biotechnology BBP Bioconversion cultivation Biofuel Environmental science Energy source business |
| Zdroj: | Biotechnology Advances 29 (2011) 1 Biotechnology Advances, 29(1), 24-27 |
| ISSN: | 0734-9750 |
| Popis: | Worldwide, microalgal biofuel production is being investigated. It is strongly debated which type of production technology is the most adequate. Microalgal biomass production costs were calculated for 3 different micro algal production systems operating at commercial scale today: open ponds, horizontal tubular photobioreactors and flat panel photobioreactors. For the 3 systems, resulting biomass production costs including dewatering, were 4.95, 4.15 and 5.96 € per kg, respectively. The important cost factors are irradiation conditions, mixing, photosynthetic efficiency of systems, medium- and carbon dioxide costs. Optimizing production with respect to these factors, a price of € 0.68 per kg resulted. At this cost level microalgae become a promising feedstock for biodiesel and bulk chemicals.Photobioreactors may become attractive for microalgal biofuel production. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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