Valorization of industrial waste and by-product streams via fermentation for the production of chemicals and biopolymers

AA Koutinas, A Vlysidis, D Pleissner… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to a bio-based economy necessitates the
exploitation of synergies, scientific innovations and breakthroughs, and step changes in the …

Microalgal reactors: a review of enclosed system designs and performances

AP Carvalho, LA Meireles… - Biotechnology progress, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
One major challenge to industrial microalgal culturing is to devise and develop technical
apparata, cultivation procedures and algal strains susceptible of undergoing substantial …

The technology of microalgal culturing

NT Eriksen - Biotechnology letters, 2008 - Springer
This review outlines the current status and recent developments in the technology of
microalgal culturing in enclosed photobioreactors. Light distribution and mixing are the …

Microalgae water bioremediation: trends and hot topics

D Pacheco, AC Rocha, L Pereira, T Verdelhos - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The need to reduce costs associated with the production of microalgae biomass has
encouraged the coupling of process with wastewater treatment. Emerging pollutants in …

Photobioreactor engineering: design and performance

IS Suh, CG Lee - Biotechnology and bioprocess engineering, 2003 - Springer
This review summarizes the recent advances in high-density algal cultures in the field of
algal biotechnology. Photobioreactor engineering for economical and effective utilization of …

A critical perspective on the scope of interdisciplinary approaches used in fourth-generation biofuel production

V Godbole, MK Pal, P Gautam - Algal Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of algae in biofuel production is more sustainable as compared to crop-based
resources as it doesn't compromise food security, rainforests, or arable land. Furthermore …

Factors in mass cultivation of microalgae for biodiesel

ZHU Junying, R Junfeng, Z Baoning - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2013 - Elsevier
Biofuel from microalgae is a long term strategy to solve the energy crisis. It is a new area of
biological engineering and process engineering that consists of the isolation and …

Algal biofuels

R Razeghifard - Photosynthesis research, 2013 - Springer
The world is facing energy crisis and environmental issues due to the depletion of fossil
fuels and increasing CO 2 concentration in the atmosphere. Growing microalgae can …

On-line estimation of O2 production, CO2 uptake, and growth kinetics of microalgal cultures in a gas-tight photobioreactor

NT Eriksen, FK Riisgård, WS Gunther… - Journal of applied …, 2007 - Springer
Growth of the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chlorella sp. in batch cultures
was investigated in a novel gas-tight photobioreactor, in which CO 2, H 2, and N 2 were …

Lumostatic operation of bubble column photobioreactors for Haematococcus pluvialis cultures using a specific light uptake rate as a control parameter

SL Choi, IS Suh, CG Lee - Enzyme and microbial technology, 2003 - Elsevier
This study proposes lumostatic operations using a specific light uptake rate (qe) as a control
parameter in order to maintain a desirable light condition. As a model system, bubble …