Karin Kolbe, Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Manfred Fischedick !"#$%&'()#'$*+'#),$%-)./&.') .(#)0".(%1.02'$*.).3).) #'0'(2$./*4'#),5'/*(&)%62*%() ,%$)7"#$%&'()6%8'$'#)0.$3) Size, space, and cost characteristics of potential bioreactors Originally published in: International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 14:5 (2020), 325-334 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2018.1547935 ! ! Karin Kolbe a Stefan Lechtenböhmer b,* Manfred Fischedick b,** !"#$%&'()#'$*+'#),$%-)./&.').(#) 0".(%1.02'$*.).3).)#'0'(2$./*4'#) ,5'/*(&)%62*%(),%$)7"#$%&'()6%8'$'#) 0.$3) Size, space, and cost characteristics of potential bioreactors a Department of Mathematics and Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany b Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH, Wuppertal, Germany * Corresponding author: Stefan Lechtenböhmer Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH Döppersberg 19 42103 Wuppertal Germany E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: +49 202 2492-216 Fax: +49 202 2492-198 ** Corresponding author: Manfred Fischedick Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH Döppersberg 19 42103 Wuppertal Germany E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +49 202 2492-121 Fax: +49 202 2492-108 This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication. 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