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Background: This article highlights the techno-economic analysis of a simulated large-scale process to produce bulk oil and lipid extracted algae (LEA) in an agroindustrial biorefinery.
Methods: The process is based on a heterotrophic microalgal bioreactor used to simultaneously convert organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorus of the slaughterhouse wastewater into microalgal biomass. The experimental data, obtained from a bench-scale facility, were used to estimate the costs of an industrial scale (16,000 m3/day).
Results: The microalgal biorefinery has capacity to produce 503,677.70 tons of biomass per year resulting in a bulk oil and lipid extracted algae production of 77,611.10 and 425,859.5 tons/year, respectively. The economic analysis foresees an estimated cost of USD 386.5 per ton of bulk oil and USD 70.4 per ton of LEA.
Conclusion: The proposed technological route was demonstrated to be potentially technical and economical in providing feedstocks to energy and feed industries.
Keywords: Animal feed, biodiesel, feasibility analysis, microalgae, techno-economic analysis.
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Current Biotechnology
Title:The Econometrics of Production of Bulk Oil and Lipid Extracted Algae in an Agroindustrial Biorefinery
Volume: 4 Issue: 4
Author(s): Gabriela Rigo Roso, Alberto Meireles dos Santos, Maria Isabel Queiroz, Juliano Smanioto Barin, Leila Queiroz Zepka and Eduardo Jacob-Lopes
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Keywords: Animal feed, biodiesel, feasibility analysis, microalgae, techno-economic analysis.
Abstract: Background: This article highlights the techno-economic analysis of a simulated large-scale process to produce bulk oil and lipid extracted algae (LEA) in an agroindustrial biorefinery.
Methods: The process is based on a heterotrophic microalgal bioreactor used to simultaneously convert organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorus of the slaughterhouse wastewater into microalgal biomass. The experimental data, obtained from a bench-scale facility, were used to estimate the costs of an industrial scale (16,000 m3/day).
Results: The microalgal biorefinery has capacity to produce 503,677.70 tons of biomass per year resulting in a bulk oil and lipid extracted algae production of 77,611.10 and 425,859.5 tons/year, respectively. The economic analysis foresees an estimated cost of USD 386.5 per ton of bulk oil and USD 70.4 per ton of LEA.
Conclusion: The proposed technological route was demonstrated to be potentially technical and economical in providing feedstocks to energy and feed industries.
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Rigo Roso Gabriela, Meireles dos Santos Alberto, Isabel Queiroz Maria, Smanioto Barin Juliano, Queiroz Zepka Leila and Jacob-Lopes Eduardo, The Econometrics of Production of Bulk Oil and Lipid Extracted Algae in an Agroindustrial Biorefinery, Current Biotechnology 2015; 4 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2211550104666150911191836
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2211550104666150911191836 |
Print ISSN 2211-5501 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2211-551X |

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