Microalgae as Sustainable Renewable Energy Feedstock for Biofuel Production
Joint Authors
Banerjee, Sanjoy
Shariff, Mohamed
Yusoff, Fatimah Md
Medipally, Srikanth Reddy
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-03-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The world energy crisis and increased greenhouse gas emissions have driven the search for alternative and environmentally friendly renewable energy sources.
According to life cycle analysis, microalgae biofuel is identified as one of the major renewable energy sources for sustainable development, with potential to replace the fossil-based fuels.
Microalgae biofuel was devoid of the major drawbacks associated with oil crops and lignocelluloses-based biofuels.
Algae-based biofuels are technically and economically viable and cost competitive, require no additional lands, require minimal water use, and mitigate atmospheric CO2.
However, commercial production of microalgae biodiesel is still not feasible due to the low biomass concentration and costly downstream processes.
The viability of microalgae biodiesel production can be achieved by designing advanced photobioreactors, developing low cost technologies for biomass harvesting, drying, and oil extraction.
Commercial production can also be accomplished by improving the genetic engineering strategies to control environmental stress conditions and by engineering metabolic pathways for high lipid production.
In addition, new emerging technologies such as algal-bacterial interactions for enhancement of microalgae growth and lipid production are also explored.
This review focuses mainly on the problems encountered in the commercial production of microalgae biofuels and the possible techniques to overcome these difficulties.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Medipally, Srikanth Reddy& Yusoff, Fatimah Md& Banerjee, Sanjoy& Shariff, Mohamed. 2015. Microalgae as Sustainable Renewable Energy Feedstock for Biofuel Production. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055797
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Medipally, Srikanth Reddy…[et al.]. Microalgae as Sustainable Renewable Energy Feedstock for Biofuel Production. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055797
American Medical Association (AMA)
Medipally, Srikanth Reddy& Yusoff, Fatimah Md& Banerjee, Sanjoy& Shariff, Mohamed. Microalgae as Sustainable Renewable Energy Feedstock for Biofuel Production. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055797
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1055797