Estimating the cost efficiency of the microalgae drying process using the conventional oven and the infrared technology

• Main Authors: Bea, Kara Colleen D., Chua, Wilbur Osmar T., Inofre, Paula Louise A., Ordoñez, Sophia Maria Antoinette P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Alternative fuels; Alternative fuels—Cost effectiveness; Alternative fuels—Cost control; Biomass energy; Biomass energy—Cost effectiveness; Microalgae; Economics; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/18683; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_bachelors/article/19196/viewcontent/Ordona_et.al__1_.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Growing demand for energy has called for the search of alternative sources of fuel, one of which is the biofuel harvested from dried microalgae. However, current drying technology for microalgae is inefficient because it requires large time and energy input, prompting students from the Mechanical En...