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oapen-20.500.12657-493632021-11-23T14:00:02Z Chapter Valorization of Microalgae and Energy Resources Jawiarczyk, Natalia Gabriel Acién-Fernández, Francisco González-López, C.V. García-Cuadra, Francisco Mª Fernández-Sevilla, José microalgae, biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas, biorefinery bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBC Engineering: general Microalgae biotechnology has grown very rapidly in the last few decades due to the multiple applications that these microorganisms have from pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to foods/feeds and biofuels. One of the main challenges in expanding this industry is to enlarge the single use of the biomass produced in addition to reducing the high biomass production cost of the current technologies. To overcome this bottleneck, the development of microalgae-based biorefineries has been proposed. The issue is to obtain as many bioproducts as possible from the cultivated biomass, including biofuels. Consequently, biodiesel production (from the lipid fraction), bioethanol (from carbohydrate fraction), and biogas or bio-oil (from the whole biomass) have been posited. In this book chapter, we review the current state of the art in the production of sustainable biofuels from microalgae and analyze the potential of microalgae to contribute to the biofuel sector. 2021-06-02T10:13:16Z 2021-06-02T10:13:16Z 2020 chapter ONIX_20210602_10.5772/intechopen.90072_477 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49363 eng application/pdf n/a 69792.pdf InTechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.90072 10.5772/intechopen.90072 09f6769d-48ed-467d-b150-4cf2680656a1 H2020-BG-2016-1 727874 open access
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Microalgae biotechnology has grown very rapidly in the last few decades due to the multiple applications that these microorganisms have from pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to foods/feeds and biofuels. One of the main challenges in expanding this industry is to enlarge the single use of the biomass produced in addition to reducing the high biomass production cost of the current technologies. To overcome this bottleneck, the development of microalgae-based biorefineries has been proposed. The issue is to obtain as many bioproducts as possible from the cultivated biomass, including biofuels. Consequently, biodiesel production (from the lipid fraction), bioethanol (from carbohydrate fraction), and biogas or bio-oil (from the whole biomass) have been posited. In this book chapter, we review the current state of the art in the production of sustainable biofuels from microalgae and analyze the potential of microalgae to contribute to the biofuel sector.
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