Energy and water autarky of wastewater treatment and power generation systems

VG Gude - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
The energy-water nexus of the water supply, wastewater treatment and power generation
systems has been well discussed. It is very clear that one source cannot be produced or …

Algal biofuels: challenges and opportunities

GB Leite, AEM Abdelaziz, PC Hallenbeck - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
Biodiesel production using microalgae is attractive in a number of respects. Here a number
of pros and cons to using microalgae for biofuels production are reviewed. Algal cultivation …

Algal biofuel production for fuels and feed in a 100-ha facility: A comprehensive techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment

CM Beal, LN Gerber, DL Sills, ME Huntley… - Algal Research, 2015 - Elsevier
This techno-economic analysis/life-cycle assessment is based on actual production by the
Cornell Marine Algal Biofuels Consortium with biomass productivity> 23 g/m 2-day. Ten …

Optimizing microalgae cultivation and wastewater treatment in large-scale offshore photobioreactors

L Novoveská, AKM Zapata, JB Zabolotney, MC Atwood… - Algal research, 2016 - Elsevier
Algae Systems LLC has designed and implemented a novel approach to wastewater
treatment in which municipal wastewater is used to cultivate microalgae in modular, offshore …

Water use in the United States energy system: a national assessment and unit process inventory of water consumption and withdrawals

E Grubert, KT Sanders - Environmental science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
The United States (US) energy system is a large water user, but the nature of that use is
poorly understood. To support resource comanagement and fill this noted gap in the …

Integrating algae with bioenergy carbon capture and storage (ABECCS) increases sustainability

CM Beal, I Archibald, ME Huntley, CH Greene… - Earth's …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) has been proposed to reduce atmospheric
CO2 concentrations, but concerns remain about competition for arable land and freshwater …

The cost benefit of algal technology for combined CO2 mitigation and nutrient abatement

SJ Judd, FAO Al Momani, H Znad… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The use of microalgae culture technology (MCT) for mitigating CO 2 emissions from flue
gases and nutrient discharges from wastewater whilst generating a biofuel product is …

Can photosynthesis enable a global transition from fossil fuels to solar fuels, to mitigate climate change and fuel-supply limitations?

AK Ringsmuth, MJ Landsberg, B Hankamer - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
This review article considers Earth as an energy-storing (photosynthetic) and energy-
consuming (metabolic) system. We evaluate whether and how photosynthetic, solar fuel …

Recommendations for Life Cycle Assessment of algal fuels

P Collet, A Hélias, L Lardon, JP Steyer, O Bernard - Applied energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Many studies have used the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology to assess the
environmental impacts and energetic suitability of microalgal biofuels. This paper presents a …

Cross-study analysis of factors affecting algae cultivation in recycled medium for biofuel production

SE Loftus, ZI Johnson - Algal Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Current high costs of commercial-scale algal biofuel production prevent the widespread use
of this renewable fuel source. One cost-saving approach is the reuse of algae cultivation …