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    Four novel methods for the harvesting of micro-algal biomass

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    2011
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    Brink, Jaco
    Marx, Sanette
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    Abstract
    The harvesting of micro-algal biomass is one of the most inefficient and costly steps in the whole biomass-to-liquids (BtL) value chain. Harvesting costs may contribute between 20–30% of the total cost of micro­algal BtL biodiesel production. One of the major obstacles in the economic production of microalgae, is the development of cost effective harvesting methods for the separation of micro-algal biomass from its growth medium. Four promising, unconventional harvesting methods were investigated to harvest micro-algal biomass from the Hartbeespoort Dam, 37 km west of South Africa’s capital city Pretoria
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10394/35682
    http://www.etaflorence.it/proceedings/index.asp?detail=6718
    https://doi.org/10.5071/19thEUBCE2011-VP1.4.5
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