Biofuel production from microalgae: challenges and chances

AT Hoang, R Sirohi, A Pandey, S Nižetić, SS Lam… - Phytochemistry …, 2023 - Springer
The inherent capability and increased efficiency of microalgae to convert sunlight into solar
chemical energy are further enhanced by the higher amount of oils stored in microalgae …

Biogas from microalgae: Technologies, challenges and opportunities

HM Zabed, S Akter, J Yun, G Zhang, Y Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Production of biogas from microalgae has been receiving significant attention since 1950s,
as microalgae are capable of rapidly growing in the non-arable land area and accumulating …

Anaerobic digestion for bioenergy production: Global status, environmental and techno-economic implications, and government policies

J Vasco-Correa, S Khanal, A Manandhar, A Shah - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a mature technology that can transform organic matter into a
bioenergy source–biogas (composed mainly of methane and carbon dioxide), while …

Sustainable approaches for algae utilisation in bioenergy production

SR Chia, HC Ong, KW Chew, PL Show, SM Phang… - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Rapidly increasing global energy consumption has caused depletion of fossil fuels, leading
to the search of alternative energy resources. One of the potential solutions is utilizing algae …

The potentials and challenges of algae based biofuels: a review of the techno-economic, life cycle, and resource assessment modeling

JC Quinn, R Davis - Bioresource technology, 2015 - Elsevier
Microalgae biofuel production has been extensively evaluated through resource, economic
and life cycle assessments. Resource assessments consistently identify land as non-limiting …

Biogas from microalgae: Review on microalgae's cultivation, harvesting and pretreatment for anaerobic digestion

E Jankowska, AK Sahu, P Oleskowicz-Popiel - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
The goal of this work was to give a comprehensive review on biogas production from
microalgae biomass. Different process parameters were summarized in tables which could …

Biofuel production from microalgae: a review

L Peng, D Fu, H Chu, Z Wang, H Qi - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2020 - Springer
The shortage of fossil fuels is actually a major economic issue in the context of increasing
energy demand. Renewable energies are thus gaining in importance. For instance …

Anaerobic co-digestion on improving methane production from mixed microalgae (Scenedesmus sp., Chlorella sp.) and food waste: Kinetic modeling and synergistic …

G Zhen, X Lu, T Kobayashi, G Kumar, K Xu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Continuous primary energy consumption has motivated the scientists of the world to search
for renewable energy sources that could substitute fossil fuels. Microalgae can be an …

Anaerobic digestion of microalgal biomass: challenges, opportunities and research needs

C Gonzalez-Fernandez, B Sialve… - Bioresource …, 2015 - Elsevier
Integration of anaerobic digestion (AD) with microalgae processes has become a key topic
to support economic and environmental development of this resource. Compared with other …

A review on hydrothermal pre-treatment technologies and environmental profiles of algal biomass processing

B Patel, M Guo, A Izadpanah, N Shah… - Bioresource Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
The need for efficient and clean biomass conversion technologies has propelled
Hydrothermal (HT) processing as a promising treatment option for biofuel production. This …