Harvesting time and biomass composition affect the economics of microalgae production
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A small-scale open raceway pond of 1 ha containing microalgae was estimated to have a production cost of 12.9 $/kg.
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- Authors
- Sui, Y., Jiang, Y., Moretti, M., & Vlaeminck, S. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Vlaeminck, Siegfried E.
- Venue
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-06
- Volume
- 259
- Pages
- 120782
- ISSN
- 0959-6526 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3009228582
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 1.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.wur.nl
- Locations
- Journal of Cleaner Production (publishedVersion)
- Greenwich Academic Literature Archive (University of Greenwich) (acceptedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
- CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- China Scholarship Council
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Keywords
- microalgae cultivation, harvest time, biomass composition, techno-economic analysis, Dunaliella, production costs, light/dark regime, exponential growth phase, biomass concentration, minimum selling price, high-value products
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