Wastewater based microalgal biorefinery for bioenergy production: Progress and challenges

SK Bhatia, S Mehariya, RK Bhatia, M Kumar… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of industrial and domestic wastewater is very important to protect
downstream users from health risks and meet the freshwater demand of the ever-increasing …

A review on microalgae cultivation and harvesting, and their biomass extraction processing using ionic liquids

JS Tan, SY Lee, KW Chew, MK Lam, JW Lim… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The richness of high-value bio-compounds derived from microalgae has made microalgae a
promising and sustainable source of useful product. The present work starts with a review on …

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 …

Current advances in microalgae harvesting and lipid extraction processes for improved biodiesel production: A review

S Vasistha, A Khanra, M Clifford, MP Rai - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microalgae have been considered as a potential feedstock for biodiesel production, since its
cultivation uses less land than other traditional oil crops and has a higher growth rate. A …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable microalgal biomass production in food industry wastewater for low-cost biorefinery products: a review

SB Ummalyma, R Sirohi, A Udayan, P Yadav… - Phytochemistry …, 2023 - Springer
Microalgae are recognized as cell factories enriched with biochemicals suitable as
feedstock for bio-energy, food, feed, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals applications. The …

Production and harvesting of microalgae and an efficient operational approach to biofuel production for a sustainable environment

S Khan, M Naushad, J Iqbal, C Bathula, G Sharma - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofuel derived from microalgae has developed as an environmentally benign alternative to
conventional fossil fuels. Mass production of this biofuel remains difficult due to several of …

Bioremediation of textile wastewater and successive biodiesel production using microalgae

T Fazal, A Mushtaq, F Rehman, AU Khan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microalgal biodiesel has emerged as an environment friendly alternative to the existing
fossil fuels. The commercial production of this biodiesel is still challenging due to several …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) as microalgal bioproducts: a review of factors affecting EPS synthesis and application in flocculation processes

W Babiak, I Krzemińska - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microalgae are natural resources of intracellular compounds with a wide spectrum of
applications in, eg, the food industry, pharmacy, and biofuel production. The extracellular …

A comprehensive review on harvesting of microalgae for biodiesel–key challenges and future directions

T Mathimani, N Mallick - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Economically viable microalgal biodiesel production is unrealistic and unsustainable owing
to expensive harvesting or dewatering techniques. Hence, immense and meticulous …

Harvesting and pre-treatment of microalgae cultivated in wastewater for biodiesel production: a review

WNA Kadir, MK Lam, Y Uemura, JW Lim… - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cultivation of microalgae using wastewater has received considerable attention around the
globe as a platform to remove inorganic nutrients from the wastewater and producing …