Comparative energy life-cycle analyses of microalgal biomass production in open ponds and photobioreactors.

By O. Jorquera, Asher Kiperstok, Emerson Sales, Marcelo Embiruçu, M. Ghirardi. Bioresource Technology, 2010

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Subfields: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Integrating micro-algae into wastewater treatment: A review. (2021, background): “However, the use of PBRs for large-scale application is likely to be limited because of the high economic cost for materials, construction and operation (Jorquera et al., 2010; Acién et al., 2013; Gupta et al., 2015).”
Growth and lipid accumulation properties of a freshwater microalga, Chlorella ellipsoidea YJ1, in domestic secondary effluents (2011, positive): “Compared to oil crops, microalgae as feedstock for biodiesel have obvious advantages such as rapid growth rate [7], high lipid content [8], higher CO2 adsorption [9], and less land required for cultivation [10].”
Radiation transfer in photobiological carbon dioxide fixation and fuel production by microalgae (2011, methodology): “These challenges stem mainly from (i) inefficiencies in light utilization, (ii) large water and nutrient requirements during cultivation, and (iii) large auxiliary energy requirement during cultivation, harvesting and processing of the biomass and the biofuel [23–27] .”
A review of LCA greenhouse gas emissions results for advanced biofuels: The use of meta-regression analysis (2013, background): “G3 biofuel LCA studies also highlight these variables to explain the variability of GHG emissions [99–101].”
Commercial astaxanthin production derived by green alga Haematococcus pluvialis: A microalgae process model and a techno-economic assessment all through production line (2016, background): “1 (m) for tubular PBRs (Chisti, 2007; Jorquera et al., 2010)) was chosen.”
Energy balance and environmental impact analysis of marine microalgal biomass production for biodiesel generation in a photobioreactor pilot plant (2012, background): “These types of reactors consume considerably less energy than tubular PBRs [38,44,45] or open ponds [40], thus an alternative strategy”
Life cycle assessment of the production of the red antioxidant carotenoid astaxanthin by microalgae: from lab to pilot scale (2014, background): “In general, the cultivation systems can be classified in two main groups: i) open raceway ponds (ORPs) and ii) closed photobioreactors (PBRs).”
Sustainable Development of Algal Biofuels in the United States (2013, background): “photobioreactor to produce 100,000 kg dry weight (DW) of algal biomass per year (Jorquera et al., 2010).”
Bio-mitigation of carbon dioxide using microalgal systems: Advances and perspectives (2017, background): “Life cycle assessment (LCA) studies have identified PBR as one of the key energy intensive operations [81,82].”
Biodiesel production from algae cultivated in winter with artificial wastewater through pH regulation by acetic acid (2014, neutral): “[52] reported that the NER for biomass production was 0.”