Investigation of the drying characteristics of microalgae using microwave irradiation

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Mayol, Andres Philip, Villagracia, Al Rey C., Ubando, Aristotle T., Biona, Jose Bienvenido, Ong, Hui Lin, Espiritu, Rafael Atillo, Lee, Henry, Tumlos, Roy, Arboleda, Nelson B., Jr., Culaba, Alvin B.
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Animo Repository 2015
• الموضوعات: Microalgae—Drying; Microwave drying; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5114
• المؤسسة: De La Salle University

Microalgae is one of the alternative feedstock for biofuel production with the highest yield per land area. However, current method in microalgae drying process requires high energy which accounts to about 60% of the total energy of the biofuel production chain. Moreover, conventional means of dryin...