Project

Resource sustainability assessment of algae production systems: methodological development and case studies

Code

01DI0115

Duration

01 December 2015 → 31 July 2016

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Jo Dewulf

Fellow

Sue Ellen Taelman

Research disciplines

Engineering and technology
- Electrical power engineering
- Energy generation, conversion and storage engineering
- Sustainable and environmental engineering
- Biomaterials engineering
- Biological system engineering
- Biomaterials engineering
- Biomechanical engineering
- Other (bio)medical engineering
- Environmental engineering and biotechnology
- Industrial biotechnology
- Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering
Agricultural and food sciences
- Fisheries sciences

Keywords

environment macroalgae exergy sustainability microalgae resources LCA

Project description

The objective of this PhD is to access the environmental resource footprint of algae production for several applications (e.g. feed) on a life cycle basis and to compare it with the footprint of the more traditionally used alternatives. Therefore, further development of a LCIA method, able to additionallyt quantify the impact of extracting marine resources and land transformation, is pursued.