Tsinghua Researchers Find that Sugarcane Juice is a Good Fermentation Feedstock for Algal Biodiesel
Green Car Congress
JUNE 28, 2009
Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have shown that sugarcane juice is a good feedstock for biodiesel production, when used to support the growth of the alga Chlorella protothecoides by heterotrophic fermentation. For example, the heating value of alga-based biodiesel is much higher than that of yeast-based fuel-ethanol.
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