Harvesting of microalgae by means of flocculation

K Muylaert, D Vandamme, I Foubert… - Biomass and Biofuels from …, 2015 - Springer
Large-scale production of microalgae for biofuels is still facing several major challenges to
become competitive with other forms of renewable and non-renewable energy. A major …

Flocculation as a low-cost method for harvesting microalgae for bulk biomass production

D Vandamme, I Foubert, K Muylaert - Trends in biotechnology, 2013 - cell.com
The global demand for biomass for food, feed, biofuels, and chemical production is expected
to increase in the coming decades. Microalgae are a promising new source of biomass that …

Current progress and future prospect of microalgal biomass harvest using various flocculation technologies

C Wan, MA Alam, XQ Zhao, XY Zhang, SL Guo… - Bioresource …, 2015 - Elsevier
Microalgae have been extensively studied for the production of various valuable products.
Application of microalgae for the production of renewable energy has also received …

Bioflocculation: an alternative strategy for harvesting of microalgae–an overview

SB Ummalyma, E Gnansounou, RK Sukumaran… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Microalgae based research has been extensively progressed for the production of value
added products and biofuels. Potential application of microalgae for biofuel is recently …

Generation and harvesting of microalgae biomass for biofuel production

MA Alam, Z Wang, Z Yuan - Prospects and challenges in algal …, 2017 - Springer
Microalgae are considered one of the promising and favorable feedstocks for biofuel
production and suggested as potential natural sources of functional ingredients of food and …

Flocculation harvesting techniques for microalgae: a review

IA Matter, VKH Bui, M Jung, JY Seo, YE Kim, YC Lee… - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Microalgae have been considered as one of the most promising biomass feedstocks for
various industrial applications such as biofuels, animal/aquaculture feeds, food …

A review on flocculation as an efficient method to harvest energy microalgae: mechanisms, performances, influencing factors and perspectives

S Li, T Hu, Y Xu, J Wang, R Chu, Z Yin, F Mo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The energy demands and costs of harvesting microalgal biomass make it unrealistic and
unsustainable for economically feasible microalgal biofuel production. Therefore, meticulous …

Microalgal bio-flocculation: present scenario and prospects for commercialization

A Ray, S Banerjee, D Das - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The need for sustainable production of renewable biofuel has been a global concern in the
recent times. Overcoming the tailbacks of the first-and second-generation biofuels, third …

Freshwater microalgae harvested via flocculation induced by pH decrease

J Liu, Y Zhu, Y Tao, Y Zhang, A Li, T Li, M Sang… - Biotechnology for …, 2013 - Springer
Background Recent studies have demonstrated that microalga has been widely regarded as
one of the most promising raw materials of biofuels. However, lack of an economical …

Harvesting of microalgae by flocculation

I Branyikova, G Prochazkova, T Potocar, Z Jezkova… - Fermentation, 2018 - mdpi.com
Due to increasing demands for microalgal biomass and products originating from
microalgae, large-scale production systems are necessary. However, current microalgal …