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An economic, sustainability, and energetic model of biodiesel production from microalgae
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A new process evaluation methodology of microalgae biodiesel has been developed. Based on four evaluation criteria, i.e. the net energy ratio (NER), biodiesel production costs, greenhouse gases (GHG) emission rate and water footprint, the model compares various technologies for each step of the process, from cultivation to oil upgrading. An innovative pathway (hybrid raceway/PBR cultivation system, belt filter press for dewatering, wet lipid extraction, oil hydrotreating and anaerobic digestion of residues) shows good results in comparison to a reference pathway (doubled NER, lower GHG emission rate and water footprint). The production costs are still unfavourable (between 1.94 and 3.35 €/L of biodiesel). The most influential parameters have been targeted through a global sensitivity analysis and classified: (i) lipid productivity, (ii) the cultivation step, and (iii) the downstream processes. The use of low-carbon energy sources is required to achieve significant reductions of the biodiesel GHG emission rate compared to petroleum diesel.
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“Open-pond farming systems may be a more economical option for mass production of algae, but low biomass productivity and high water consumption further increase the operating costs [63,67].”
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“The average price of algae biodiesel grown in a photobioreactor is $4.93, which is 66% more than in an open-pond system that is $2.97 L -1 .”
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- Authors
- Delrue, F., Setier, P.-A., Sahut, C., Cournac, L., Roubaud, A., Peltier, G., & Froment, A.-K.
- Affiliations
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Delrue, F.
- Froment, A.-K.
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-05
- Volume
- 111
- Pages
- 191-200
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2071886807
- Cited by
- 335
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 37 · 2015: 35 · 2014: 34 · 2013: 23 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 12.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Bioresource Technology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Fuel Technology › Biodiesel Production and Applications
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Keywords
- microalgae biodiesel, net energy ratio, greenhouse gas emissions, water footprint, biodiesel production cost, global sensitivity analysis, lipid productivity, low-carbon energy
- MeSH terms
- Models, Theoretical, Monte Carlo Method, Biofuels, Microalgae
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