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 …

[HTML][HTML] Microalgae-based biodiesel production and its challenges and future opportunities: A review

K Gaurav, K Neeti, R Singh - Green Technologies and Sustainability, 2024 - Elsevier
The rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves and rising greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions
have necessitated research into low-cost renewable energy sources, with a focus on algal …

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 …

Recent trends in the mass cultivation of algae in raceway ponds

K Kumar, SK Mishra, A Shrivastav, MS Park… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Algal technology has potential to combat the global energy crisis, malnutrition, and
production of several value added products useful for the mankind. The cost effective …

Model development for the growth of microalgae: A review

P Darvehei, PA Bahri, NR Moheimani - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite attracting many attentions in the past decades, microalgal cultivation still faces many
challenges for industrialisation. Growth, as one of the most crucial characteristics of a …

Valorization of wastewater resources into biofuel and value-added products using microalgal system

K Arora, P Kaur, P Kumar, A Singh… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Wastewater is not a liability, instead considered as a resource for microbial fermentation and
value-added products. Most of the wastewater contains various nutrients like nitrates and …

Centrate wastewater treatment with Chlorella vulgaris: simultaneous enhancement of nutrient removal, biomass and lipid production

S Ge, S Qiu, D Tremblay, K Viner, P Champagne… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Achieving high biomass and lipid yields simultaneously during the cultivation process is
essential and currently represents one of the biggest challenges in the production of …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing phosphorus removal of photogranules by incorporating polyphosphate accumulating organisms

LM Trebuch, J Sohier, S Altenburg, BO Oyserman… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Photogranules are a novel wastewater treatment technology that can utilize the sun's energy
to treat water with lower energy input and have great potential for nutrient recovery …

Enhancing microalgal photosynthesis and productivity in wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds for biofuel production

DL Sutherland, C Howard-Williams, MH Turnbull… - Bioresource …, 2015 - Elsevier
With microalgal biofuels currently receiving much attention, there has been renewed interest
in the combined use of high rate algal ponds (HRAP) for wastewater treatment and biofuel …

Demonstrated large-scale production of marine microalgae for fuels and feed

ME Huntley, ZI Johnson, SL Brown, DL Sills, L Gerber… - Algal research, 2015 - Elsevier
We present the results from sustained tonne-quantity production of two novel strains of
marine microalgae, the diatom Staurosira and the chlorophyte Desmodesmus, cultivated in …