A review on sustainable microalgae based biofuel and bioenergy production: Recent developments

A Raheem, P Prinsen, AK Vuppaladadiyam… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate changes induced by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (mainly carbon
dioxide) is one of the major threats of the modern era. Primary causes are the high reliance …

Macroalgae and microalgae as a potential source for commercial applications along with biofuels production: a biorefinery approach

T Suganya, M Varman, HH Masjuki… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to diminishing petroleum reserves and deleterious environmental consequences of
exhaust gases from fossil-based fuels, research on renewable and environment friendly …

Micro and macroalgal biomass: a renewable source for bioethanol

RP John, GS Anisha, KM Nampoothiri, A Pandey - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Population outburst together with increased motorization has led to an overwhelming
increase in the demand for fuel. In the milieu of economical and environmental concern …

Life cycle assessment of bioenergy systems: state of the art and future challenges

F Cherubini, AH Strømman - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
The use of different input data, functional units, allocation methods, reference systems and
other assumptions complicates comparisons of LCA bioenergy studies. In addition …

Renewable fuels from algae: an answer to debatable land based fuels

A Singh, PS Nigam, JD Murphy - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
This article reviews the utilization of first and second-generation biofuels as the suitable
alternatives to depleting fossil fuels. Then the concern has been presented over a debate on …

Biofuel from rice straw

A Sharma, G Singh, SK Arya - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Globally, protecting the environment is one of the major concerns and there is a need for an
hour to accomplish the same by dropping numerous harmful activities such as less …

Perspectives of microalgal biofuels as a renewable source of energy

B Kiran, R Kumar, D Deshmukh - Energy conversion and management, 2014 - Elsevier
Excessive use of fossil fuels to satisfy our rapidly increasing energy demand has created
severe environmental problems, such as air pollution, acid rain and global warming …

Biofuel production and its impact on food security in low and middle income countries: Implications for the post-2015 sustainable development goals

AMN Renzaho, JK Kamara, M Toole - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The post-2015 sustainable development goals (SDGs) aim to strengthen the achievements
of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). There are 17 SDGs, the first two tackle …

Next‐generation biofuels: survey of emerging technologies and sustainability issues

S Zinoviev, F Müller‐Langer, P Das, N Bertero… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Next‐generation biofuels, such as cellulosic bioethanol, biomethane from waste, synthetic
biofuels obtained via gasification of biomass, biohydrogen, and others, are currently at the …

Fuel properties of biodiesel from vegetable oils and oil mixtures. Influence of methyl esters distribution

G Martínez, N Sánchez, JM Encinar, JF González - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work, the quality of biodiesel produced by basic transesterification from several
vegetable oils (soybean, rapeseed, sunflower, high oleic sunflower, Cynara Cardunculus L …