Biodiesel production from microalgae using lipase-based catalysts: current challenges and prospects

GF Mota, IG de Sousa, ALB de Oliveira… - Algal Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The excessive demand for fossil fuels has caused severe environmental impacts, such as
GHG-related effects and widespread pollution. Firstly, it is essential to identify the main …

Promising evolution of biofuel generations. Subject review

HA Alalwan, AH Alminshid, HAS Aljaafari - Renewable Energy Focus, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Biofuel will play an important role in meeting the world's energy need in the
future.•First generation biofuels cannot replace fossil fuel due to competition with food …

Cultivation of microalgae on liquid anaerobic digestate for depollution, biofuels and cosmetics: a review

A Tawfik, M Eraky, NS Alhajeri, AI Osman… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Solid wastes from domestic, industrial and agricultural sectors cause acute economic and
environmental problems. These issues can be partly solved by anaerobic digestion of …

The environmental impacts of palm oil in context

E Meijaard, TM Brooks, KM Carlson, EM Slade… - Nature plants, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires balancing
demands on land between agriculture (SDG 2) and biodiversity (SDG 15). The production of …

A state of the art review on the cultivation of algae for energy and other valuable products: application, challenges, and opportunities

BR Kumar, T Mathimani, MP Sudhakar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Algae have long been investigated as a plausible reserve of several biofuel and bioactive
compounds attributed to their fast-growing characteristics, shorter doubling time, and …

Biotechnological applications of microalgal oleaginous compounds: current trends on microalgal bioprocessing of products

T Mutanda, D Naidoo, JK Bwapwa… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The microalgal biotechnology industry is expanding rapidly and currently gaining attention
due to multiple availabilities of high-value products such as pigments, carbohydrates …

Health promoting functional lipids from microalgae pool: A review

R Katiyar, A Arora - Algal Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Current market trend and consumer's growing demand for healthy natural products have
strengthened microalgae as an emerging source of nutrient rich natural food supplement …

Third-generation biofuel supply chain: A comprehensive review and future research directions

M Abbasi, MS Pishvaee, S Mohseni - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, microalgae have received a lot of attention as an alternative feedstock for
biofuel production due to numerous advantages such as fast growth rate, high lipid and …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental sustainability of microalgae-based production systems: roadmap and challenges towards the industrial implementation

L Gurreri, MC Rindina, A Luciano, S Lima… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgae and cyanobacteria are a precious source for the production of
biofuels/bioenergy, biomaterials and valuable biochemicals. Beyond photosynthetic CO 2 …

Light enhancement strategies improve microalgal biomass productivity

L Ramanna, I Rawat, F Bux - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The rapid increase in global energy demand, global warming and climate change have
driven the search for alternative renewable sources of energy with lesser environmental …