Abstract
Commercialization of algal-based processes for #biofuels and
#co-products is constrained upstream during #cultivation by low
productivity, contamination by invasive species, unsustainable and
inefficient supply of nutrients (e.g. #nitrogen and #phosphorous),
#inorganiccarbon, and water, exposure to environmental factors, and
limited available land acreage for inoculum and primary cultures. It
is also constrained downstream by costly and inefficient harvesting,
product extraction, #thermochemicalconversion, #hydrotreatment,
and upgrading. Overcoming these obstacles to commercialization
requires not just piecemeal incremental improvements, but rather
a comprehensive and fundamental re-consideration regarding the
selected algae and its associated cultivation, #harvesting, biomass
conversion, and refinement. Factors pertaining to algal-strain
selection for commercial operations are presented below.
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