Techno-economic assessment for the production of algal fuels and value-added products: opportunities for high-protein microalgae conversion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Microalgae possess numerous advantages for use as a feedstock in producing renewable fuels and products, with techno-economic analysis (TEA) frequently used to highlight the economic potential and technical challenges of utilizing this biomass in a biorefinery context. However, many historical TEA studies have focused on the conversion of biomass with elevated levels of carbohydrates and lipids and lower levels of protein, incurring substantial burdens on the ability to achieve high cultivation productivity rates relative to nutrient-replete, high-protein biomass. Given a strong dependence of algal biomass production costs on cultivation productivity, further TEA assessment is needed to understand the economic potential for utilizing potentially lower-cost but lower-qual

SUBMITTER: Wiatrowski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8764804 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature