Design of Value Chains for Microalgal Biorefinery at Industrial Scale: Process Integration and Techno-Economic Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this work was to identify industrial scenarios for the most promising microalgal biorefinery value chains on the basis of product selection, yields, and techno-economic performance, using biological characteristics of algae species. The development, value creation, and validation of several new processing routes with applications in food, aquafeeds and non-food products were particularly considered in this work. The techno-economic performance of various single product value chains (SP) and multiproduct value chains (MP) was evaluated for four industrial microalgal strains. Cost-revenue optimization was done for a 10 kton microalgal dry weight y^-1 simulated biorefinery plant, using flow sheeting software for equipment sizing, mass and energy flow modeling, and s

SUBMITTER: Slegers PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7510460 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature