A review on flocculation as an efficient method to harvest energy microalgae: mechanisms, performances, influencing factors and perspectives

S Li, T Hu, Y Xu, J Wang, R Chu, Z Yin, F Mo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The energy demands and costs of harvesting microalgal biomass make it unrealistic and
unsustainable for economically feasible microalgal biofuel production. Therefore, meticulous …

A review on co-culturing of microalgae: A greener strategy towards sustainable biofuels production

A Ray, M Nayak, A Ghosh - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a growing global recognition that microalgae-based biofuel are environment-
friendly and economically feasible options because they incur several advantages over …

A critical review on production of biopolymers from algae biomass and their applications

A Kartik, D Akhil, D Lakshmi, KP Gopinath, J Arun… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Algae is abundantly present in our ecosystems and can be easily extracted and used for
production of biopolymers. Algae does not produce any anthropogenic, harmful effects, has …

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 …

Microalgae biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuel for power generation

J Milano, HC Ong, HH Masjuki, WT Chong… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biofuels productions from microalgae received wide attention recently and have high
potential to replace fossil fuels. This paper served as a platform to critically review current …

Microalgae for biotechnological applications: Cultivation, harvesting and biomass processing

WGM Junior, M Gorgich, PS Corrêa, AA Martins… - Aquaculture, 2020 - Elsevier
In either unicellular or multi-cellular form, microalgae are photosynthetic microorganisms,
mainly known for being part of the human diet in several world regions. More recently, they …

A review on mycelial pellets as biological carriers: wastewater treatment and recovery for resource and energy

L Li, T Liang, M Zhao, Y Lv, Z Song, T Sheng… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mycelial pellets, a new environment friendly biological carrier, have received wide attention
from researchers due to porosity, stability and unique biocompatibility. In this article, the …

Biodiesels from microbial oils: opportunity and challenges

Y Ma, Z Gao, Q Wang, Y Liu - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Although biodiesel has been extensively explored as an important renewable energy
source, the raw materials-associated cost poses a serious challenge on its large-scale …

Insights about fungus-microalgae symbiotic system in microalgae harvesting and wastewater treatment: A review

J Wang, Q Tian, W Zeng, G Qiu, L Shen - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgae can provide a wide range of adsorption groups and have remarkable effects on
pollutant removal owing to the presence of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), with …

A critical overview of upstream cultivation and downstream processing of algae-based biofuels: opportunity, technological barriers and future perspective

S Ahmad, K Iqbal, R Kothari, HM Singh, A Sari… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fossil fuels are sharing a large portion of energy demand. Conventional energy sources
emit a huge amount of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, which creates energy and …