Utilization of microalgae for bio-jet fuel production in the aviation sector: Challenges and perspective

JHK Lim, YY Gan, HC Ong, BF Lau, WH Chen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aviation sector discharges approximately 2% of the global anthropogenic CO 2, and the
proportion is growing. The search for cost-effective and environmental-friendly bio-jet fuels …

Microalgal biofilms: A further step over current microalgal cultivation techniques

A Mantzorou, F Ververidis - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The scientific community has turned its interest to microalgae lately, because of their
countless applications such as wastewater treatment and pharmaceutical industry …

Sustainable approaches for algae utilisation in bioenergy production

SR Chia, HC Ong, KW Chew, PL Show, SM Phang… - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Rapidly increasing global energy consumption has caused depletion of fossil fuels, leading
to the search of alternative energy resources. One of the potential solutions is utilizing algae …

Microalgae biomass production for a biorefinery system: recent advances and the way towards sustainability

L Moreno-Garcia, K Adjallé, S Barnabé… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Microalgae are an important source of oils and other molecules that can be used as
feedstocks to produce biofuels and high-value products, having the potential of becoming a …

Enclosed “non-conventional” photobioreactors for microalga production: A review

J Assunção, FX Malcata - Algal Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in microalgae, namely toward production of
lipids for biodiesel, upgrade of effluents, and synthesis of high added-value compounds …

Factors affecting algae biofilm growth and lipid production: A review

PJ Schnurr, DG Allen - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Algae is recognized as a potentially valuable source of biofuels and biochemicals; however,
a major limitation to commercialization is in the high cost of harvesting, de-watering, and …

Insight review of attached microalgae growth focusing on support material packed in photobioreactor for sustainable biodiesel production and wastewater …

SS Rosli, WNA Kadir, CY Wong, FY Han, JW Lim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The suspended microalgal cultivation systems targeting the production of lipid for biodiesel
is still unable to meet the commercial and economic feasibility due to high energy and cost …

The characteristics and influencing factors of the attached microalgae cultivation: a review

LL Zhuang, D Yu, J Zhang, F Liu, YH Wu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Attached microalgae cultivation could simplify the microalgae harvest process and reduce its
associated cost, which has attracted much attention recently. In this paper, the reactor …

Development of a rotating algal biofilm growth system for attached microalgae growth with in situ biomass harvest

M Gross, W Henry, C Michael, Z Wen - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
This work aimed to develop a rotating algal biofilm (RAB) cultivation system that can be
widely adopted by microalgae producers for easy biomass harvest. Algal cells were grown …

Current progress, challenges and perspectives in microalgae-based nutrient removal for aquaculture waste: a comprehensive review

X Nie, M Mubashar, S Zhang, Y Qin, X Zhang - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increase in nutrients in aquaculture waste and their adverse environmental impacts has
led to interest in adopting more efficient, cost-effective wastewater treatment methods as …