Algae for Biofuels and Energy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Borowitzka, Michael A. (Editor), Moheimani, Navid R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Developments in Applied Phycology ; 5
• Subjects: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental management.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Environmental Management.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

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 eng...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Energy from microalgae: A short history
• 2. Algal lipids and their metabolism
• 3. Hydrogenases, nitrogenases, anoxia, and H2 production in water-oxidizing phototrophs
• 4. Species and strain selection
• 5. Limits to phototrophic growth in dense culture: CO2 supply and light
• 6. Genetic engineering to improve algal biofuels production
• 7. Photobioreactors for microalgae biofuel production
• 8. Open pond culture systems
• 9. Wastewater treatment and algal biofuel production
• 10. Harvesting, thickening and dewatering microalgae biomass
• 11. Solvent extraction for microalgae lipids
• 12. Production and properties of biodiesel from algal oils
• 13. Energy considerations of photobioreactors
• 14. Greenhouse gas balance and algae-based biodiesel
• 15. Techno-economic modelling for biofuels from microalgae
• 16. Basic methods for measuring algae growth and composition.