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Sustainability of algae derived biodiesel: A mass balance approach
dc.contributor.author | Pfromm, Peter H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Amanor-Boadu, Vincent | |
dc.contributor.author | Nelson, Richard | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-21T16:12:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-21T16:12:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Peter H. Pfromm, Vincent Amanor-Boadu, and Richard Nelson. Sustainability of algae derived biodiesel: A mass balance approach. 2011. Bioresource Technology: 102(2): 1185-1193. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/33675 | |
dc.description.abstract | A rigorous chemical engineering mass balance/unit operations approach is applied here to bio-diesel from algae mass culture.An equivalent of 50,000,000 gallons per year (0.006002 m3/s) of petroleum-based Number 2 fuel oil (US, diesel for compression–ignition engines, about 0.1% of annual US consumption) from oleaginous algae is the target. Methyl algaeate and ethyl algaeate diesel can according to this analysis conceptually be produced largely in a technologically sustainable way albeit at a lower available diesel yield. About 11 square miles of algae ponds would be needed with optimistic assumptions of 50 g biomass yield per day and m2 pond area. CO2 to foster algae growth should be supplied from a sustainable source such as a biomass-based ethanol production. Reliance on fossil-based CO2 from power plants or fertilizer production renders algae diesel non-sustainable in the long term. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Bioresource Technology | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960852410015634 | en_US |
dc.title | Sustainability of algae derived biodiesel: A mass balance approach | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.09.050 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4226-7489 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |
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