Overview and challenges of large-scale cultivation of photosynthetic microalgae and cyanobacteria

L Novoveská, SL Nielsen, OT Eroldoğan… - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microalgae and cyanobacteria are diverse groups of organisms with great potential to
benefit societies across the world. These organisms are currently used in food, feed …

A state of the art review on the cultivation of algae for energy and other valuable products: application, challenges, and opportunities

BR Kumar, T Mathimani, MP Sudhakar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Algae have long been investigated as a plausible reserve of several biofuel and bioactive
compounds attributed to their fast-growing characteristics, shorter doubling time, and …

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 …

Resource recovery from industrial effluents through the cultivation of microalgae: A review

S Ali, AP Peter, KW Chew, HSH Munawaroh… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Industrial effluents such as pharmaceutical residues, pesticides, dyes, and metal processes
holds abundant value-added products (VAPs), where its recovery has become essential …

Biofuels, biodiesel and biohydrogen production using bioprocesses. A review

RK Srivastava, NP Shetti, KR Reddy… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Energy demands, pollution and global warming induced by globalization are rising, thus
calling for alternative sources of energies. In particular, biofuels are increasingly used for …

Strategies to produce cost-effective third-generation biofuel from microalgae

N Rafa, SF Ahmed, IA Badruddin, M Mofijur… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Third-generation biofuel produced from microalgae is a viable solution to global energy
insecurity and climate change. Despite an annual current global algal biomass production of …

A state of the art review on the co-cultivation of microalgae-fungi in wastewater for biofuel production

GG Satpati, PK Dikshit, N Mal, R Pal, KC Sherpa… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The microalgae have a great potential as the fourth generation biofuel feedstock to deal with
energy crisis, but the cost of production and biomass harvest are the major hurdles in terms …

Microalgae based biorefinery promoting circular bioeconomy-techno economic and life-cycle analysis

JR Banu, S Kavitha, M Gunasekaran, G Kumar - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Microalgae are source of third generation biofuel having the key advantage of high lipid
productivity. In recent times, biorefinery is seen as promising option to further reduce the …

Microalgae cultivation and harvesting: Growth performance and use of flocculants-A review

V Okoro, U Azimov, J Munoz, HH Hernandez… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy and cost effective cultivation and harvesting technologies are important to improve
the economic viability and environmental impact of microalgae. Understanding the …

Enhancing sustainability by improving plant salt tolerance through macro-and micro-algal biostimulants

P Carillo, LF Ciarmiello, P Woodrow, G Corrado… - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Algal biomass, extracts, or derivatives have long been considered a valuable material to
bring benefits to humans and cultivated plants. In the last decades, it became evident that …