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Cultivation of Third Generation Biofuel

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Cultivation of microalgae in open ponds, closed ponds, photobioreactors and hybrid system are presented in this chapter. The most widely used photobioreactors – tubular, flat and column photobioreactors are discussed.

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Bajpai, P. (2019). Cultivation of Third Generation Biofuel. In: Third Generation Biofuels. SpringerBriefs in Energy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2378-2_4

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