Biofuels from Microalgae IntechOpen
Jun 28 2017 · Microalgae are tiny reservoirs of a plethora of biofuels. The diverse algal biofuels range from biodiesel straight vegetable oil (SVO) lipids ethanol and hydrogen. Biofuels are the need of today and researchers around the globe are exploring the options for biological fuel production.
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Production of biodiesel from microalgae via nanocatalyzed
Aug 01 2019 · Biodiesel production from microalgae Biodiesel is a liquid fuel consisting of mono alkyl esters (methyl or ethyl) of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils
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(PDF) Production of biodiesel from microalgae via
Production of biodiesel from microalgae can be categorized as a symbiotic engineering solution focusing on energy and environmental problems. This review presents a collection of recent methods
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Energy recovery from lipid extracted transesterified and
The production of methane (CH 4) via the anaerobic digestion of microalgae biomass residues from the biodiesel production process has the potential to meet some of the energy requirements of the primary biomass to fuel conversion process.This paper investigates the practical CH 4 yields achievable from the anaerobic conversion of the microalgae residues (as well as codigestion with glycerol
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Techno‐economics of microalgae production and conversion
Oct 10 2015 · Techno‐economics of microalgae production and conversion to refinery‐ready oil with co‐product credits 10.5772/intechopen.73348 (2018). Crossref. Hassan Sean Pascoe Louisa Coglan Thomas Rainey The financial feasibility of microalgae biodiesel in an integrated multi‐output production system Biofuels Bioproducts and
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Microalgae Isolation for Nutrient Removal Assessment and
May 20 2020 · This study was designed to isolate microalgal species which can tolerate severe environmental stresses and can be used for wastewater treatment and biofuel generation. Three different microalgal strains (including Chlorella sorokiniana GEEL-01 Parachlorella kessleri GEEL-02 and Parachlorella kessleri GEEL-03) were isolated from a wastewater treatment plant and
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A Review on Microalgae Biodiesel Production and its Usage
Biodiesel is one of the promising alternative fuels for automotive engines due to the depletion of fossil fuel resources increasing energy demands and environmental concerns. The biodiesel can be obtained from various bio energy resources such as edible and non-edible vegetable oils and animal fats. However the use of biodiesel derived from edible oils such as palm oil sunflower oil and
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Microalgae Isolation for Nutrient Removal Assessment and
May 20 2020 · This study was designed to isolate microalgal species which can tolerate severe environmental stresses and can be used for wastewater treatment and biofuel generation. Three different microalgal strains (including Chlorella sorokiniana GEEL-01 Parachlorella kessleri GEEL-02 and Parachlorella kessleri GEEL-03) were isolated from a wastewater treatment plant and
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Chapter 10 of Biofuelscdntechopen
2. Microalgae in the production of biofuels Oils found in microalgae have physic-chemical characteristics similar to those of vegetable oils ý4 5 and thus are considered potential raw materials for the production of biofuels. In conventional production systems microalgae have a
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Biofuel productionUC Homepages
Biofuels can be obtained from plants or agricultural commercial domestic and/or industrial wastes. 9 Since biofuels have been classified as a type of renewable source the generation of renewable biofuels primarily involve the process of photosynthesis in microalgae or plants as
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Cascading bioenergy systems for sustainable biofuel
Jan 01 2021 · Bill and Ross have found that the biochemical composition of microalgae determines the bio-oil yield. Yields from lipids are the greatest followed by proteins and carbohydrates respectively. Proteins generate nitrogen heterocycles pyrroles and indoles.
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Microalgae as a boon for sustainable energy production and
Apr 01 2013 · Biofuels have become increasingly necessary for the global fuel market and are produced from vegetable oils recycled cooking fats or waste oils animal fats or microalgal lipids and is known to mankind since ancient days. Biodiesel appears to be an attractive energy source for several reasons.
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An Overview of Algae Biofuel Production and Potential
Jun 08 2012 · Algae are among the most potentially significant sources of sustainable biofuels in the future of renewable energy. A feedstock with virtually unlimited applicability algae can metabolize various waste streams (e.g. municipal wastewater carbon dioxide from industrial flue gas) and produce products with a wide variety of compositions and uses. These products include lipids which can be
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Cultivation Systems of Microalgae for the IntechOpen
Today 95 of the total production of microalgae is in open systems. The volume of around 20 000 tons of microalgae/year is considered incipient in terms of biofuels 44 . Other more sophisticated systems of cultivation of microalgae are the closed ones known as photobioreactors.
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Advantages and challenges of microalgae as a source of oil
CYCroatia DA2011 DBOpenUCT DPUniversity of Cape Town EDMargarita Stoytcheva EDGisela Montero LKhttps //open.uct.ac PBUniversity of Cape Town PPCroatia PY2011 SM T1Advantages and challenges of microalgae as a source of oil for biodiesel TIAdvantages and challenges of microalgae as a
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Bioethanol Productionan overview ScienceDirect Topics
Bioethanol production from microalgae biomass has been proposed as an innovative alternative to substitute fossil fuel sources.
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Natural Communities of Microalgae and Cyanobacteria from
The purpose of this study was to determine the biogas potential of biomass produced by microbiotic communities developed under natural conditions in freshwater systems such as ponds incorporated into agricultural landscapes. Natural communities of microalgae were collected from a small eutrophicated pond where dominant species were euglenoids (Lepocinclis species).
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Oct 10 2015 · Techno‐economics of microalgae production and conversion to refinery‐ready oil with co‐product credits 10.5772/intechopen.73348 (2018). Crossref. Hassan Sean Pascoe Louisa Coglan Thomas Rainey The financial feasibility of microalgae biodiesel in an integrated multi‐output production system Biofuels Bioproducts and
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Sustainable biofuel from microalgae Application of
Oct 15 2020 · Biofuels from microalgae are being considered as an alternate renewable energy to fossil fuels which could extinct by the year 2050 due to its exhaustive usage. Microalgae are tiny cell factories that accumulate large amount of lipids under nutrients starvation which are sustainable sources for biofuels production.
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Advances and Biotechnological Applications in Biofuel
Nowadays the production of biodiesel from microalgae is an option that has attracted strong interest of the scientific community and should be evaluated to determine the technical technological
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(PDF) Cultivation Systems of Microalgae for the Production
Microalgae are an excellent source of bioactive compounds for the production of a wide range of vital consumer products in the biofuel pharmaceutical food cosmetics and agricultural industries
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Advantages and Challenges of Microalgae as a Source of
Biodiesel from microalgae Microalgal lipids can be extracted to yield oil similar to that from land-based oilseed crops. intechopen. Advantages and Challenges of Microalgae as a Source of Oil for Biodiesel 179 conducted since the 1950s (Oswald
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Potential Production of Biofuel from Microalgae Biomass
Notably the microalgae biomass can produce biodiesel 5 bioethanol 6 biogas biohydro‐ gen 8-9 and bio-oils 10 as shown in Figure 1. The productivity per unit area of microalgae is high compared to conventional processes for the production of raw materials for biofuels and microalgae represent an important reserve
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Dec 21 2013 · Marine microalgae sequester carbon dioxide (CO 2) through photosynthesis and may be used to produce biogas including methane and hydrogen via anaerobic processing 13–15 .While certain species of microalgae were recognized in the 1940s to yield high amounts of cellular lipids under selective growth pressures it was not until the 1950 s when algae were viewed as a potential energy
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Jun 08 2012 · Algae are among the most potentially significant sources of sustainable biofuels in the future of renewable energy. A feedstock with virtually unlimited applicability algae can metabolize various waste streams (e.g. municipal wastewater carbon dioxide from industrial flue gas) and produce products with a wide variety of compositions and uses. These products include lipids which can be
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Microalgae biotechnology has grown very rapidly in the last few decades due to the multiple applications that these microorganisms have from pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to foods/feeds and biofuels.
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Microalgae Biomass Production for Biofuels in Brazilian
Aug 15 2020 · The Brazilian environmental economic and social conditions for the long-term establishment of mass culture of microalgae for either biofuel production or greenhouse gases (GHG) abatement are described in detail. A brief historical introduction of the microalgal biotechnology is presented followed by a compilation of Brazilian published research works on microalgae with
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Lipids rich in ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids from microalgae
Sep 20 2016 · Despite microalgae recently receiving enormous attention as a potential source of biodiesel their use is still not feasible as an alternative to fossil fuels. Recently interest in microalgae has focused on the production of bioactive compounds such as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) which provide microalgae a high added value. Several considerations need to be assessed for
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Dual potential of microalgae as a sustainable biofuel
Dec 21 2013 · Marine microalgae sequester carbon dioxide (CO 2) through photosynthesis and may be used to produce biogas including methane and hydrogen via anaerobic processing 13–15 .While certain species of microalgae were recognized in the 1940s to yield high amounts of cellular lipids under selective growth pressures it was not until the 1950 s when algae were viewed as a potential energy
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