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vol. 17, nr. 1 (2011)



 
Algae – biomass production (a reviev)
Wojciech Kozieł, Teresa Włodarczyk
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Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Doświadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin

vol. 17 (2011), nr. 1, pp. 105-116
abstract: Algae can be utilised for biomass production, which can be taken advantage of in many ways. Biomass can be used for biodiesel, biogas, electricity or heat production. For the reason of increasing prices of crude oil and escalation of environment pollution, scientific investigations in a wide range of using biomass as a renewable energy source are conducted. Many reproduction systems of algae, which are often characterised by different rates of production yield, are tested for the present. Their productivity depends not only on the design of a given photobioreactor, but also on nutrients supplied during the reproduction, luminous intensity, CO2 concentration and temperature.
keywords: biofuels, algae, biomass, photobioreactors
original in: Polish