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 …

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 …

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 …

Bioflocculation as an innovative harvesting strategy for microalgae

MA Alam, D Vandamme, W Chun, X Zhao… - … Science and Bio …, 2016 - Springer
Microalgae are a promising new source of biomass for the production of third generation
biofuels but, so far, the majority of microalgal biomass has been used for high-value …

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 …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Harvesting of freshwater microalgae with microbial bioflocculant: a pilot-scale study

T Ndikubwimana, X Zeng, T Murwanashyaka… - Biotechnology for …, 2016 - Springer
Background Nowadays, bioflocculation is considered as a potential technology that could be
able to alleviate microalgae dewatering cost regarded as the cornerstone hindrance of their …

Microalgal flocculation: global research progress and prospects for algal biorefinery

S Malik, F Khan, Z Atta, N Habib… - Biotechnology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Microalgal research has made significant progress due to versatile and high‐value industrial
applications of microalgal biomass or its derivatives. However, to explore their full potential …

Bio-based flocculants for sustainable harvesting of microalgae for biofuel production. A review

CN Ogbonna, EG Nwoba - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy is indispensable to human existence and sustains economic and individual activities
globally. The rising environmental challenges of global warming and other climate changes …