Cell-wall disruption and lipid/astaxanthin extraction from microalgae: Chlorella and Haematococcus

DY Kim, D Vijayan, R Praveenkumar, JI Han, K Lee… - Bioresource …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recently, biofuels and nutraceuticals produced from microalgae have emerged as major
interests, resulting in intensive research of the microalgal biorefinery process. In this paper …

Ulva lactuca, A Source of Troubles and Potential Riches

H Dominguez, EP Loret - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ulva lactuca is a green macro alga involved in devastating green tides observed worldwide.
These green tides or blooms are a consequence of human activities. Ulva blooms occur …

Macroalgae-derived biofuel: a review of methods of energy extraction from seaweed biomass

JJ Milledge, B Smith, PW Dyer, P Harvey - Energies, 2014 - mdpi.com
The potential of algal biomass as a source of liquid and gaseous biofuels is a highly topical
theme, but as yet there is no successful economically viable commercial system producing …

Macro and micro algae in pollution control and biofuel production–a review

N Jalilian, GD Najafpour, M Khajouei - ChemBioEng Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Microalgae are biological sources with an extensive range of biotechnological applications,
eg, for bioremediation of industrial and municipal wastes. Microalgae are used to monitor …

Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil using copper doped zinc oxide nanocomposite as heterogeneous catalyst

B Gurunathan, A Ravi - Bioresource technology, 2015 - Elsevier
A novel CZO nanocomposite was synthesized and used as heterogeneous catalyst for
transesterification of waste cooking oil into biodiesel using methanol as acyl acceptor. The …

[HTML][HTML] Macroalgae biorefineries as a sustainable resource in the extraction of value-added compounds

A Arias, G Feijoo, MT Moreira - Algal Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Beyond the commercial exploitation of macroalgae as food and as a source of
phycocolloids, this bioresource could represent a third-generation feedstock to obtain a wide …

Microalgae as feedstock for biodiesel production under ultrasound treatment–A review

R Sivaramakrishnan, A Incharoensakdi - Bioresource Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
The application of ultrasound in biodiesel production has recently emerged as a novel
technology. Ultrasound treatment enhances the mass transfer characteristics leading to the …

Production of biodiesel from castor oil using iron (II) doped zinc oxide nanocatalyst

G Baskar, S Soumiya - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The depletion of fossil fuels has caused the price of petroleum to rise remarkably and
created need for alternative energy such as biodiesel. In the present study, the biodiesel …

[HTML][HTML] Biodiesel production from microalgae Spirulina maxima by two step process: Optimization of process variable

MA Rahman, MA Aziz, RA Al-Khulaidi, N Sakib… - Journal of Radiation …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biodiesel from green energy source is gaining tremendous attention for ecofriendly and
economically aspect. In this investigation, a two-step process was developed for the …

Process evaluation and techno-economic analysis of biodiesel production from marine macroalgae Codium tomentosum

K Gengiah, B Gurunathan, N Rajendran, J Han - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
In the current study, a seaweed Codium tomentosum was used as a source for the
production of biodiesel. The maximum oil from marine macroalgae was recovered using …