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Tropical macroalgal cultivation for bioconversion to methane
| Title: | Tropical macroalgal cultivation for bioconversion to methane. |
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| Name(s): |
Bird, Kimon T. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 1987 | |
| Publisher: | Institute of Gas Technology. | |
| Place of Publication: | Chicago | |
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| Extent: | 7 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007056 (IID) | |
| Note(s): |
Several concepts have been developed for tropical marine biomass cultivation for bioconversion to methane. These concepts take advantage of Florida's large areas of relatively shallow water. One concept, tidal flat seaweed farms, uses currently available macroalgal candidates (Gracilaria, Ulva) and at biomass yields of 12-25 dry ash free tons/hectare-year can-provide delivered low feedstock costs of $40-25/DAFT, or on an energy basis, $3.60-2.30/G joule, respectively. These biomass yields are close to those achieved in commercial Gracilaria culture in Taiwan. Such systems would be constrained to nearshore waters of 0.5-1.5 m in depth, of which there are 190,000 hectares in northwestern Florida. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 497 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at and may be cited as: Bird, K. T. (1987). Tropical macroalgal cultivation for bioconversion to methane. In D. L. Klass (Ed.), Energy from biomass and wastes X (pp.1283-1292). Chicago: Institute of Gas Technology. |
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| Subject(s): |
Biomass Methane Gracilaria Ulva Renewable energy Microalgae |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007056 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
