TY - JOUR
T1 - Atmospheric CO2 capture by algae
T2 - negative carbon dioxide emission path
AU - Moreira, Diana
AU - Pires, José C. M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by: (i) Project UID/EQU/00511/2013-LEPABE, by the FCT/MEC with national funds and when applicable co-funded by FEDER in the scope of the P2020 Partnership Agreement; (ii) Project NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000026 – RL1_ Energy, by FEDER funds through Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade – COMPETE, by the Programa Operacional do Norte (ON2) program and by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia; and (iii) FCT fellowship SFRH/BPD/66721/2009.
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PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Carbon dioxide is one of the most important greenhouse gas, which concentration increase in the atmosphere is associated to climate change and global warming. Besides CO2 capture in large emission point sources, the capture of this pollutant from atmosphere may be required due to significant contribution of diffuse sources. The technologies that remove CO2 from atmosphere (creating a negative balance of CO2) are called negative emission technologies. Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage may play an important role for CO2 mitigation. It represents the combination of bioenergy production and carbon capture and storage, keeping carbon dioxide in geological reservoirs. Algae have a high potential as the source of biomass, as they present high photosynthetic efficiencies and high biomass yields. Their biomass has a wide range of applications, which can improve the economic viability of the process. Thus, this paper aims to assess the atmospheric CO2 capture by algal cultures.
AB - Carbon dioxide is one of the most important greenhouse gas, which concentration increase in the atmosphere is associated to climate change and global warming. Besides CO2 capture in large emission point sources, the capture of this pollutant from atmosphere may be required due to significant contribution of diffuse sources. The technologies that remove CO2 from atmosphere (creating a negative balance of CO2) are called negative emission technologies. Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage may play an important role for CO2 mitigation. It represents the combination of bioenergy production and carbon capture and storage, keeping carbon dioxide in geological reservoirs. Algae have a high potential as the source of biomass, as they present high photosynthetic efficiencies and high biomass yields. Their biomass has a wide range of applications, which can improve the economic viability of the process. Thus, this paper aims to assess the atmospheric CO2 capture by algal cultures.
KW - Atmospheric CO capture
KW - Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
KW - Microalgae
KW - Negative emission technologies
KW - Ocean macroalgal afforestation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.03.060
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.03.060
M3 - Article
C2 - 27005790
AN - SCOPUS:84961221414
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 215
SP - 371
EP - 379
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
ER -