Fig. 5. Carbon mass flows for methyl algaeate production enhanced by flue gas to match 50,000,000 gallons per year petroleum diesel (based on the lower heating value, LHV)
or about 0.1% of the annual diesel consumption in the US. All values are in 107 mol carbon day1 unless indicated otherwise. Arrow widths are roughly proportional to carbon
mass flows. Shaded unit operations involve fossil fuels.