Biodiesel from microalgae: Recent progress and key challenges

JY Kim, JM Jung, S Jung, YK Park, YF Tsang… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
High lipid content and excellent CO 2 fixation capability of microalgae by photosynthesis
have made microalgal biodiesel (BD) a promising carbon-neutral fuel. Nonetheless, the …

Morphology, composition, production, processing and applications of Chlorella vulgaris: A review

C Safi, B Zebib, O Merah, PY Pontalier… - … and sustainable energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Economic and technical problems related to the reduction of petroleum resources require
the valorisation of renewable raw material. Recently, microalgae emerged as promising …

Identification and quantification of microplastics using Nile Red staining

WJ Shim, YK Song, SH Hong, M Jang - Marine pollution bulletin, 2016 - Elsevier
We investigated the applicability of Nile Red (NR), a fluorescent dye, for microplastic
analysis, and determined the optimal staining conditions. Five mg/L NR solution in n-hexane …

Biodiesel from microalgae: a critical evaluation from laboratory to large scale production

I Rawat, RR Kumar, T Mutanda, F Bux - Applied energy, 2013 - Elsevier
The economically significant production of carbon-neutral biodiesel from microalgae has
been hailed as the ultimate alternative to depleting resources of petro-diesel due to its high …

The use of fluorescent Nile red and BODIPY for lipid measurement in microalgae

J Rumin, H Bonnefond, B Saint-Jean, C Rouxel… - Biotechnology for …, 2015 - Springer
Microalgae are currently emerging as one of the most promising alternative sources for the
next generation of food, feed, cosmetics and renewable energy in the form of biofuel …

A review on the extraction of lipid from microalgae for biodiesel production

M Mubarak, A Shaija, TV Suchithra - Algal Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Biofuels produced from algal biomass are the most suitable alternative fuels for the future, as
microalgae biomass can accumulate lipids within their cell similar to vegetable oils with a …

Rapid quantification of microalgal lipids in aqueous medium by a simple colorimetric method

SK Mishra, WI Suh, W Farooq, M Moon… - Bioresource …, 2014 - Elsevier
Identification of novel microalgal strains with high lipid productivity is one of the most
important research topics in renewable biofuel research. However, the major bottleneck in …

Extraction and purification of high‐value metabolites from microalgae: essential lipids, astaxanthin and phycobiliproteins

SP Cuellar‐Bermudez… - Microbial …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The marked trend and consumers growing interest in natural and healthy products have
forced researches and industry to develop novel products with functional ingredients …

Microwave-assisted extraction for microalgae: from biofuels to biorefinery

RV Kapoore, TO Butler, J Pandhal, S Vaidyanathan - Biology, 2018 - mdpi.com
The commercial reality of bioactive compounds and oil production from microalgal species is
constrained by the high cost of production. Downstream processing, which includes …

Oxidative Stress Is a Mediator for Increased Lipid Accumulation in a Newly Isolated Dunaliella salina Strain

K Yilancioglu, M Cokol, I Pastirmaci, B Erman… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Green algae offer sustainable, clean and eco-friendly energy resource. However, production
efficiency needs to be improved. Increasing cellular lipid levels by nitrogen depletion is one …