Assessment of Adriatic Algae Potential in Cogeneration Production of 3rd Generation Biofuel
Principal investigator
Project type
Znanstveno-istraživački projekti
Programme
A program of encouraging research and development activities in the field of climate change
Financier
Croatian Science Foundation
Start date
Apr 1st 2017
End date
Mar 31st 2019
Status
Done
Total cost
2000000 HRK
More information
The main objective of the ongoing project is to create a scientific basis for culturing Adriatic microalgae on industrial wastewater, and to evaluate capacity of wastewaters from INA-oil refinery plant as for co-generative production of 3rd generation biofuels. The goal is to provide economic benefits to the oil production process while taking care of decreasing the environmental pollution. The methodology for selection of the most suitable microalgae species indigenous to northern Adriatic and associated heterotrophic bacteria, will be explored for production of biorefinery feedstock.