Silva, Florentino de Souza; Patrícya, Anna; Costa, … - In: Renewable Energy 63 (2014) C, pp. 762-766
Cell disruption can increase the extraction efficiency of total lipids from microalgae for further conversion to biodiesel. Four different pretreatment methods were tested on mixed cultures of microalgae harvested in a stabilization pond system treating sewage: ultrasonication (US), microwaving...