Recent Advances in Outdoor High-Density Cultivation of Novelty Micro-Algae Strain with High Content of Lipids

0381572 - ÚCHP 2013 CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Kaštánek, Petr - Kaštánek, František - Cepák, Vladislav
Recent Advances in Outdoor High-Density Cultivation of Novelty Micro-Algae Strain with High Content of Lipids.
Final Program. Praha: Orgit, 2012, G5.4. ISBN 978-80-905035-1-9.
[International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering CHISA 2012 and 15th Conference PRES 2012 /20./. Prague (CZ), 25.08.2012-29.08.2012]
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP105/12/0664
Institutional support: RVO:67985858
Keywords : plant examination * micro-algae * biofuels
Subject RIV: CI - Industrial Chemistry, Chemical Engineering
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The objective of the study was the pilot plant examination of a newly developed integrated process for autotrophic cultivation of useful micro-algae. The process utilizes waste carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and yields simultaneously products that can be utilized in food and cosmetic industries, turned into biodiesel and/or used as a supplement in animal feed. At present, the cultivation of micro-algae merely for the production of biofuels is not economically viable. In the proposed process, the economy is improved by complex utilization of the micro-algae for simultaneous integrated manufacturing of several products that may be priced at different levels. In this way, the overall economy of the process is positive.
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