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an urgent task. Biodiesel is one of the most important bioenergy sources. According to the Mid- and Long-term Development … Plan for Renewable Energy in China, the consumption of biodiesel in China will reach 0.2 million tons in 2010 and 2 ….0million tons in 2020. However, large-scale production of biodiesel is restricted by the limited sources of raw materials …
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The production of alternative fuels from microalgae involves lengthy processing steps. Cell disruption is an integral part of the downstream pool of unit operations as it facilitates the release of intracellular products essential for biofuel production. This study investigated the use of...
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cycle considers microalgae cultivation, harvesting, drying, oil extraction, anaerobic digestion, oil transportation …The entire life cycle of biodiesel produced by microalgal biomasses was evaluated using the method of life cycle …, esterification, biodiesel transportation and biodiesel combustion. The investigation results show that the fossil energy requirement …
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Increasing demand for transport fuels has driven China to attach great importance to biodiesel development. To evaluate … the environmental impacts caused by producing and driving with biodiesel made from soybean, jatropha, and microalgae under … depletion potential (ADP), global warming potential (GWP), and ozone depletion potential (ODP) in the life cycle of biodiesel …
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This paper examines the competitiveness, role, and impact of microalgal biodiesel in the 21st century using a global … competitiveness of microalgal biodiesel decreases as CO2 stabilization constraints become more stringent. The share of microalgal … biodiesel and renewable jet fuel produced from it in total global final energy consumption over the time horizon 2010–2100 is 5 …
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Carbon-neutral renewable liquid biofuels are needed to displace petroleum-derived transport fuels in the near future – which contribute to global warming and are of a limited availability. A promising alternative is conveyed by microalgae, the oil content of which may exceed 80% (w/wDW) – as...
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species can contain up to 70% of their dry weight. Microalgae appear to be the only source of renewable biodiesel that is … capable of meeting the global demand for transport fuels. Biodiesel production by using oilgae is an alternative process in …
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cycle of oil-crop biodiesel fuels manifest in the agricultural phase of production in the form of water quality degradation …
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Microalgae have great potential as renewable fuel sources, but a dire need exists for high-level academic and industrial research into their growth and bioprocessing. New algae strains that efficiently use CO2 and wastes as nutrients, novel oil extraction methods, and industrial-scale designs...
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The production of biodiesel can be accomplished using a variety of feedstock sources. Plant and microalgae based … forests can cater towards partial fulfillment of feedstock requirements for biodiesel industry. Synthesis of biodiesel from … microalgal oil has gathered immense interest and has potential to cater to the increasing feedstocks demands of the biodiesel …
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