Recent advances in biological pretreatment of microalgae and lignocellulosic biomass for biofuel production

HM Zabed, S Akter, J Yun, G Zhang, FN Awad… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biological pretreatment (BP) is a promising approach for treating microalgae and
lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) during biofuels production that uses mostly fungal and …

Characterization and utilization of aqueous products from hydrothermal conversion of biomass for bio-oil and hydro-char production: a review

M Usman, H Chen, K Chen, S Ren, JH Clark, J Fan… - Green chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrothermal conversion (HTC), including hydrothermal liquefaction and hydrothermal
carbonization, is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly thermochemical technology for …

Opportunities and challenges of microalgal cultivation on wastewater, with special focus on palm oil mill effluent and the production of high value compounds

MMA Nur, AGJ Buma - Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2019 - Springer
Abstract South East Asia dominates the production of palm oil worldwide. During the
traditional wet processing, palm oil mill effluent (POME) wastewater is generated which …

Microalgal biorefinery from CO2 and the effects under the Blue Economy

JAV Costa, BCB de Freitas, CR Lisboa… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the current global context, industrial processes follow a classical model wherein pollution
is accepted as a negative environmental externality that is compensated by a positive …

Energy harnessing from banana plant wastes: A review

S Bhushan, MS Rana, N Nandan, SK Prajapati - Bioresource Technology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fossil fuels are limited and exhausting at an accelerated rate. To address ever-expanding
energy demand and alarming deterioration of the climatic condition, researchers are …

Start-up of a nutrient removal system using Scenedesmus vacuolatus and Chlorella vulgaris biofilms

JH Moreno Osorio, G Pinto, A Pollio, L Frunzo… - Bioresources and …, 2019 - Springer
Microalgal biofilm-based technologies are of strong interest due to their high biomass
concentrations and ability to remove nutrients from wastewater, utilize CO 2 and produce …

Co-digestion of wastewater-grown filamentous algae with sewage sludge improves biomethane production and energy balance compared to thermal, chemical, or …

P Bohutskyi, TA Keller, D Phan, ML Parris… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Wastewater algal treatment systems show improved economic viability and enhanced
energy return on investment if integrated with biofuel production. One option is to …

Anaerobic digestion of microalgae biomass for methane production

HM Zabed, X Qi, J Yun, H Zhang - Microalgae biotechnology for …, 2019 - Springer
Biomethane is one of the most promising biofuels that is produced from a wide variety of
biomass using anaerobic digestion (AD) process. Microalgae, among these biomass …

Anaerobic digestion of three microalgae biomasses and assessment of digestates as biofertilizer for plant growth

K Ekinci, I Erdal, Ö Uysal, FÖ Uysal… - … & sustainable energy, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study focused on the determination of biochemical methane potential of three different
microalgae, Chlorella sp., Neochloris conjuncta, and Botryococcus braunii, and evaluation …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of biogas production from anaerobic co-digestion of sewage sludge with microalgae and agriculture wastes

D Ahmed, R Wagdy, N Said - Bioresources, 2019 - bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu
Anaerobic digestion of biomass wastes could have a huge impact on renewable energy
requirements. Moreover, it reduces biomass wastes and greenhouse gas emissions. To …