Avoiding snowballs in algal biotechnology: how can the environmental assessment of bioreactors predict black swans in sustainable bioprocesses?
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Transition from laboratory cultivation to an industrial scale for microalgae frequently results in losses of productivity, difficulties in controlling variables, and limitations in the efficiency of cultivation systems.
“The main hurdles are associated with the transition from laboratory cultivation to an industrial scale that frequently results in losses of productivity, difficulties in controlling variables, and limitations in the efficiency of cultivation systems”
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- Authors
- Deprá, M. C., Schneider, A. T., Dutra, D. A., Machado, R. L. S., & Jacob-Lopes, E.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (BR)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Algal Bioreactors
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 2025
- Pages
- 723-729
- OpenAlex
- W4404615913
- Cited by
- 2
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2
- FWCI
- 2.27
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Elsevier eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes › Fluid Dynamics and Mixing
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Keywords
- algal biotechnology, algal bioreactors, environmental assessment, energy footprint, sustainable bioprocesses, renewable resources, technological bottlenecks, black swan events
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