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 …

A biorefinery for Nannochloropsis: Induction, harvesting, and extraction of EPA-rich oil and high-value protein

ET Chua, PM Schenk - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Microalgae have been studied as biofactories for almost four decades. Yet, even until today,
many aspects of microalgae farming and processing are still considered exploratory …

Experimental study and parameters optimization of microalgae based heavy metals removal process using a hybrid response surface methodology-crow search …

N Sultana, SMZ Hossain, ME Mohammed, MF Irfan… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
This study investigates the use of microalgae as a biosorbent to eliminate heavy metals ions
from wastewater. The Chlorella kessleri microalgae species was employed to biosorb heavy …

Batch cultivation of marine microalgae Nannochloropsis oculata and Tetraselmis suecica in treated municipal wastewater toward bioethanol production

Z Reyimu, D Özçimen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017 - Elsevier
Algae have come into prominence over the last decade as a commercial biofuel feedstock
due to their high production efficiencies compared to first and second feedstocks. However …

Biosolids and microalgae as alternative binders for biomass fuel briquetting

RI Muazu, JA Stegemann - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Binders can be employed to improve the particle adhesion, compressive strength, abrasion
resistance and energy content of densified biomass, such as briquettes. They may also …

Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria Alcanivorax and Marinobacter Associated With Microalgae Pavlova lutheri and Nannochloropsis oculata

TN Chernikova, R Bargiela, SV Toshchakov… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Marine hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria play an important role in natural petroleum
biodegradation processes and were initially associated with man-made oil spills or natural …

Influence of binders on combustion properties of biomass briquettes: a recent review

T Olugbade, O Ojo, T Mohammed - BioEnergy Research, 2019 - Springer
Briquettes are widely used as a renewable energy material for solving the problem of
dependency and over-consumption of wood fuel as a source of energy for human use …

Characterization of bio-oil and its sub-fractions from pyrolysis of Scenedesmus dimorphus

N Bordoloi, R Narzari, D Sut, R Saikia, RS Chutia… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present study, microalgae Scenedesmus dimorphus was reported for pyrolysis in a
fixed-bed reactor to determine the effects of temperature on products yield and the chemical …

Biohydrogen production from algae

MK Lam, ACM Loy, S Yusup, KT Lee - Biohydrogen, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is a clean, renewable, and versatile energy carrier that could potentially replace
fossil fuels. However, existing hydrogen production technologies require high energy inputs …

Non-catalytic fast pyrolysis and catalytic fast pyrolysis of Nannochloropsis oculata using Co-Mo/γ-Al2O3 catalyst for valuable chemicals

R Gautam, R Vinu - Algal Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Microalgae is projected as a promising third generation biomass feedstock for the
production of biofuel and fine chemical intermediates. This study is focused on the selective …