Solar-to-fuel conversion in algae and cyanobacteria

• Main Author: Formighieri, Cinzia (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy harvesting.; Electric power production.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental chemistry.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Environmental Chemistry.; Energy Harvesting.; Energy Technology.

This volume is focused on solar-to-fuel conversion using algae and cyanobacteria for advanced generation biofuels. Production of biofuels needs to rely on cheap and renewable resources, in order to be economically viable and environmentally sustainable in the long term. Solar energy is an abundant a...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Introduction to biofuels: An emerging industry. 3. Exploring novel feedstocks and technologies for advanced biofuels: the promises of algae
• 4. Bio-ethanol from algae polysaccharides
• 5. Biodiesel from microalgae
• 6. Processing of algal biomass for the production of biogas and bio-oil
• 7.  Cyanobacteria as a platform for direct photosynthesis-to-fuel conversion
• 8.  Economic viability of algal biodiesel
• 9. Photosynthesis: a dynamic process
• 10. Solar-to-biomass conversion efficiency
•  11. Light Saturation of photosynthesis
• 12. Downstream biochemical reactions: carbon assimilation
• 13. Light-utilization inefficiency of wild type algal mass cultures
• 14. Genetic modification of the pigment optical density
• 15. Development of microalgae cultivation and biomass harvesting systems for biofuel production
• 16. Environmental sustainability of biofuel production from algae
• 17. Concluding remarks.