Recent achievements in the production of biogas from microalgae
Visualitza/Obre
Cita com:
hdl:2117/100504
Tipus de documentArticle
Data publicació2017-01
Condicions d'accésAccés obert
Tots els drets reservats. Aquesta obra està protegida pels drets de propietat intel·lectual i
industrial corresponents. Sense perjudici de les exempcions legals existents, queda prohibida la seva
reproducció, distribució, comunicació pública o transformació sense l'autorització del titular dels drets
Abstract
Microalgae are nowadays regarded as a potential biomass feedstock to help reducing our dependence on fossil fuels for transportation, electricity and heat generation. Besides, microalgae have been widely investigated as a source of chemicals, cosmetics and health products, as well as animal and human feed. Among the cutting-edge applications of microalgae biomass, anaerobic digestion has shown promising results in terms of (bio)methane production. The interest of this process lies on its potential integration within the microalgae biorefinery concept, providing on the one hand a source of bioenergy, and on the other hand nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and CO2) and water for microalgae cultivation. This article reports the main findings in the field, highlighting the options to increase the (bio)methane production of microalgae (i.e. pretreatment and co-digestion) and bottlenecks of the technology. Finally, energy, economic and environmental aspects are considered.
Descripció
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12649-016-9604-3
CitacióUggetti, E., Passos, F., Solé, M., Marianna Garfi', Ferrer, I. Recent achievements in the production of biogas from microalgae. "Waste and biomass valorization", Gener 2017, vol. 8, núm. 1, p. 129-139.
ISSN1877-2641
Versió de l'editorhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12649-016-9604-3
Fitxers | Descripció | Mida | Format | Visualitza |
---|---|---|---|---|
19673485.pdf | 760,7Kb | Visualitza/Obre |