Preliminary Economic Assessment of Biofuel Production from Microalgae
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Spirulina maxima exhibits a great return on investment (86.92%) with 99.3% purity of the produced biofuel when grown in wastewater treatment plants.
“In particular, Spirulina maxima exhibits a great return on investment (86.92%) with a 99.3% purity of the produced biofuel when grown in wastewater treatment plants (Abdo et al., 2016).”
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- Authors
- Abdo, S. M., Abo El-Enin, S. A., El-Khatib, K. M., El-Galad, M. I., Wahba, S. Z., El Diwani, G., & Ali, G. H.
- Affiliations
- National Research Centre (EG)
- Corresponding author
- El-Khatib, K.M.
- Venue
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-03
- Volume
- 55
- Pages
- 1147-1153
- ISSN
- 1364-0321 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2207730824
- Cited by
- 54
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 1.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Science and Technology Development Fund
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biodiesel Production and Applications
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Keywords
- microalgal biofuels, biodiesel, economic feasibility, municipal wastewater, Spirulina maxima, Microcystis aeruginosa, stabilization ponds, algae cultivation, lipid extraction, transesterification, fatty acid methyl esters, process simulation, capital investment, production costs, return on investment, scale-up
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