Microalgae-Based Biofuels and Bioproducts: From Feedstock Cultivation to End Products compiles contributions from authors from different areas and backgrounds who explore the cultivation and utilization of microalgae biomass for sustainable fuels and chemicals.
With a strong focus in emerging industrial and large scale applications, the book summarizes the new achievements in recent years in this field by critically evaluating developments in the field of algal biotechnology, whilst taking into account sustainability issues and techno-economic parameters. It includes information on microalgae cultivation, harvesting, and conversion processes for the production of liquid and gaseous biofuels, such as biogas, bioethanol, biodiesel and biohydrogen. Microalgae biorefinery and biotechnology applications, including for pharmaceuticals, its use as food and feed, and value added bioproducts are also covered.
This book’s comprehensive scope makes it an ideal reference for both early stage and consolidated researchers, engineers and graduate students in the algal field, especially in energy, chemical and environmental engineering, biotechnology, biology and agriculture.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of contributors - p. xiii 6. Acknowledgments - p. xix 7. 1: Photobioreactors for the production of microalgae - p. xix 8. 2: Heterotrophic and mixotrophic microalgae cultivation - p. 44 9. 3: Microalgae cultivation in wastewater - p. 65 10. 4: Applications of genome-scale metabolic models of microalgae and cyanobacteria in biotechnology - p. 91 11. 5: Harvesting of microalgae: Overview of process options and their strengths and drawbacks - p. 111 12. 6: Cell disruption technologies - p. 132 13. 7: Biogas production from microalgae - p. 154 14. 8: Breakthroughs in bioalcohol production from microalgae: Solving the hurdles - p. 182 15. 9: Biohydrogen production from microalgae - p. 207 16. 10: Biodiesel from microalgae - p. 234 17. 11: Pyrolysis of microalgae for fuel production - p. 258 18. 12: Biogas upgrading using algal-bacterial processes - p. 281 19. 13: Synthetic biology of cyanobacteria for production of biofuels and high-value products - p. 304 20. 14: Biorefinery of algae: Technical and economic considerations - p. 325 21. 15: Microalgal proteins for feed, food and health - p. 345 22. 16: Microalgal fatty acids—From harvesting until extraction - p. 368 23. 17: Cyanobacterial toxins as a high value-added product - p. 400 24. 18: Trends in red biotechnology: Microalgae for pharmaceutical applications - p. 428 25. 19: Extraction of value-added compounds from microalgae - p. 460 26. 20: Economics of microalgae production - p. 483 27. 21: Environmental impacts of full-scale algae cultivation - p. 503 28. Index - p. 527
Microalgae-Based Biofuels and Bioproducts: From Feedstock Cultivation to End Products compiles contributions from authors from different areas and backgrounds who explore the cultivation and utilization of microalgae biomass for sustainable fuels and chemicals.
With a strong focus in emerging industrial and large scale applications, the book summarizes the new achievements in recent years in this field by critically evaluating developments in the field of algal biotechnology, whilst taking into account sustainability issues and techno-economic parameters. It includes information on microalgae cultivation, harvesting, and conversion processes for the production of liquid and gaseous biofuels, such as biogas, bioethanol, biodiesel and biohydrogen. Microalgae biorefinery and biotechnology applications, including for pharmaceuticals, its use as food and feed, and value added bioproducts are also covered.
This book’s comprehensive scope makes it an ideal reference for both early stage and consolidated researchers, engineers and graduate students in the algal field, especially in energy, chemical and environmental engineering, biotechnology, biology and agriculture.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of contributors - p. xiii 6. Acknowledgments - p. xix 7. 1: Photobioreactors for the production of microalgae - p. xix 8. 2: Heterotrophic and mixotrophic microalgae cultivation - p. 44 9. 3: Microalgae cultivation in wastewater - p. 65 10. 4: Applications of genome-scale metabolic models of microalgae and cyanobacteria in biotechnology - p. 91 11. 5: Harvesting of microalgae: Overview of process options and their strengths and drawbacks - p. 111 12. 6: Cell disruption technologies - p. 132 13. 7: Biogas production from microalgae - p. 154 14. 8: Breakthroughs in bioalcohol production from microalgae: Solving the hurdles - p. 182 15. 9: Biohydrogen production from microalgae - p. 207 16. 10: Biodiesel from microalgae - p. 234 17. 11: Pyrolysis of microalgae for fuel production - p. 258 18. 12: Biogas upgrading using algal-bacterial processes - p. 281 19. 13: Synthetic biology of cyanobacteria for production of biofuels and high-value products - p. 304 20. 14: Biorefinery of algae: Technical and economic considerations - p. 325 21. 15: Microalgal proteins for feed, food and health - p. 345 22. 16: Microalgal fatty acids—From harvesting until extraction - p. 368 23. 17: Cyanobacterial toxins as a high value-added product - p. 400 24. 18: Trends in red biotechnology: Microalgae for pharmaceutical applications - p. 428 25. 19: Extraction of value-added compounds from microalgae - p. 460 26. 20: Economics of microalgae production - p. 483 27. 21: Environmental impacts of full-scale algae cultivation - p. 503 28. Index - p. 527
