Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals
Biofuels from Algae

Presents the latest on microalgae, a promising feedstock for biofuels production that can be a cost-effective alternative

Ashok Pandey (Edited by), Duu Jong Lee (Edited by), Jo-Shu Chang (Edited by), Yusuf Chisti (Edited by), Carlos Ricardo Soccol (Edited by)

9780444641922, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 19 November 2018

603 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3.7 cm, 1.25 kg

Biomass, Biofuels and Biochemicals: Biofuels from Algae, Second Edition provides information on strategies for commercial microalgae based biofuel production, including their cultivation, pre-treatment and conversion methods. The book discusses methods for producing microalgal biomass in large scale by outdoor culturing and outlines new technologies for their use. In addition, it explains how modern genetic engineering enables the generation of recombinant strains that generate higher quantities of feedstock. The complete utilization of microalgal biomass, which can also be obtained from valorizing nutrients from wastewater and industrial exhaust gases, can be efficiently converted to energy rich biofuels and high value pharmaceuticals in a well-defined biorefinery.

1. Introduction to algal fuels2. Culture media for mass production of microalgae3. Microalgal strain selection for biofuel production4. Algal biomass harvesting5. Algal culture and biofuel production using wastewater6. Metabolic engineering and molecular biotechnology of microalgae for fuel production7. Open pond systems for microalgal culture8. Design of photobioreactors for algal culture9. Heterotrophic production of algal oils10. Flocculation and electroflocculation for algal biomass recovery11. Algal oils as fuels12. Production of biohydrogen from microalgae13. Production of potential co-products from microalgae14. Applications of spent algal biomass15. Hydrothermal upgradation of algae into value-added hydrocarbons16. Scale-up and commercialization of algal cultivation and biofuel production17. Life-cycle assessment of microalgal biofuels18. Economics of microalgae biomass production

Subject Areas: Industrial chemistry [TDC], Biochemical engineering [TC]