Insights into the microalgae cultivation technology and harvesting process for biofuel production: A review

U Suparmaniam, MK Lam, Y Uemura, JW Lim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Derivation of biofuel from microalgae biomass has been widely researched in the past few
decades. Microalgae is capable of producing 58,700 litres oil per hectare that can generate …

A review on co-cultivation of microalgae with filamentous fungi: Efficient harvesting, wastewater treatment and biofuel production

R Chu, S Li, L Zhu, Z Yin, D Hu, C Liu, F Mo - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
As the third generation biofuel feedstock to confront with energy crisis, microalgae have
great potential for the exploration of renewable energy fields, whereas the high cost related …

Current advances in microalgae harvesting and lipid extraction processes for improved biodiesel production: A review

S Vasistha, A Khanra, M Clifford, MP Rai - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microalgae have been considered as a potential feedstock for biodiesel production, since its
cultivation uses less land than other traditional oil crops and has a higher growth rate. A …

Microalgae Chlorella vulgaris biomass harvesting by natural flocculant: effects on biomass sedimentation, spent medium recycling and lipid extraction

L Zhu, Z Li, E Hiltunen - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2018 - Springer
Background Microalgal biomass harvesting using traditional chemicals is costly for the
production of biofuels, hindering the scale-up process of the technology. Thus, the search for …

Using microalgae to produce liquid transportation biodiesel: what is next?

L Zhu, YK Nugroho, SR Shakeel, Z Li… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
In response to the energy crisis, global warming and climate changes, microalgae have
received increasingly global attention as a renewable, alternative and sustainable source for …

Magnetic flocculation of algae-laden raw water and removal of extracellular organic matter by using composite flocculant of Fe3O4/cationic polyacrylamide

J Ma, W Xia, X Fu, L Ding, Y Kong, H Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Algae-laden water with low turbidity is a critical problem in eutrophic lakes of arid regions.
Thus, how to effectively separate algae and turbidity is an urgent problem for drinking water …

Technologies for harvesting the microalgae for industrial applications: Current trends and perspectives

Z Liu, N Hao, Y Hou, Q Wang, Q Liu, S Yan… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgae are emerging as a promising source for augmenting the supply of essential
products to meet global demands in an environmentally sustainable manner. Despite the …

Optimization of direct transesterification of Chlorella pyrenoidosa catalyzed by waste egg shell based heterogenous nano–CaO catalyst

S Ahmad, S Chaudhary, VV Pathak, R Kothari… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In present study, heterogeneous Nano-CaO catalyst was synthesized from waste egg shell
(WES) and its potential was investigated for direct transesterification of Chlorella …

Experimental studies on zeta potential of flocculants for harvesting of algae

A Pandey, VV Pathak, R Kothari, PN Black… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
An experimental study was performed to evaluate the comparative efficiency of bio-
flocculant (waste egg shell), laboratory available calcium carbonate (LACC) and alum (Al 2 …

Bioprocess engineering principles of microalgal cultivation for sustainable biofuel production

B Behera, A Acharya, IA Gargey, N Aly… - Bioresource Technology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Integrated carbon dioxide (CO 2) sequestration, wastewater treatment (WWT) and biofuel
generation place the microalgae as a promising feedstock at all levels. Though microalgae …