Algae for Biofuels and Energy || Greenhouse Gas Balance and Algae-Based Biodiesel

✍ Scribed by Borowitzka, Michael A.; Moheimani, Navid R.

• Book ID: 120246397
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: Dutch
• Weight: 736 KB
• Edition: 2013
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 9400754795
• DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5479-9_14

✦ Synopsis

Microalgae are one of the most studied potential sources of biofuels and bioenergy. This book covers the key steps in the production of renewable biofuels from microalgae - strain selection, culture systems, inorganic carbon utilisation, lipid metabolism and quality, hydrogen production, genetic engineering, biomass harvesting, extraction.  Greenhouse gas and techno-economic modelling are reviewed as is the 100 year history of microalgae as sources of biofuels and of commercial-scale microalgae culture. A summary of relevant basic standard methods used in the study of microalgae culture is provided. The book is intended for the expert and those starting work in the field.​