Microalgae as a sustainable source of edible proteins and bioactive peptides–Current trends and future prospects

R Kumar, AS Hegde, K Sharma, P Parmar… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
The global demand for protein ingredients is continuously increasing owing to the growing
population, rising incomes, increased urbanization, and aging population. Conventionally …

Challenges in microalgal biofuel production: A perspective on techno economic feasibility under biorefinery stratagem

GV Subhash, M Rajvanshi, GRK Kumar… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapidly exhausting fossil fuels combined with the ever-increasing demand for energy led to
an ongoing search for alternative energy sources to meet the transportation, manufacturing …

A review on pyrolysis of protein-rich biomass: Nitrogen transformation

L Leng, L Yang, J Chen, S Leng, H Li, H Li, X Yuan… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis of protein-rich biomass, such as microalgae, macroalgae, sewage sludge, energy
crops, and some lignocellulosic biomass, produces bio-oil with high nitrogen (N) content …

A review on bio-fuel production from microalgal biomass by using pyrolysis method

K Azizi, MK Moraveji, HA Najafabadi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Due to the depletion of fossil fuels and their environmental issues, it is necessary to find
energy resources which are renewable. Algal biomass becomes promising feedstock for bio …

A critical review on life cycle analysis of algae biodiesel: current challenges and future prospects

A Chamkalani, S Zendehboudi, N Rezaei… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Life cycle analysis (LCA) of algal biodiesel production process can provide a quantitative
measure for its sustainability. In this paper, the published LCA studies of algae biodiesel …

Biofuel production through micro-and macroalgae pyrolysis–A review of pyrolysis methods and process parameters

S Pourkarimi, A Hallajisani, A Alizadehdakhel… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bio-fuels derived from biomass with zero net CO 2 emission seem to be a promising
alternative for fossil fuels. Algal biomasses are promising sources of lipids, proteins and …

Prospects of microalgae proteins in producing peptide-based functional foods for promoting cardiovascular health

CECC Ejike, SA Collins, N Balasuriya… - Trends in Food Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Bioactive peptides have strong potential for use in functional food formulation
for prevention and management of health conditions, especially cardiovascular disease …

Harvesting of microalgae within a biorefinery approach: A review of the developments and case studies from pilot-plants

ML Gerardo, S Van Den Hende, H Vervaeren… - Algal Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Microalgae are a promising renewable feedstock for a diverse number of products such as
fuels, fine chemicals, nutraceuticals, and cosmetics. The extraction and processing of …

Effects of innovative processing methods on microalgae cell wall: prospects towards digestibility of protein-rich biomass

L Machado, G Carvalho, RN Pereira - Biomass, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microalgae are known to have higher photosynthetic efficiencies when compared to land-
based plants. The use of microalgae biomass as a protein source is attracting attention due …

Algal biorefinery to value-added products by using combined processes based on thermochemical conversion: a review

L Fan, H Zhang, J Li, Y Wang, L Leng, J Li, Y Yao, Q Lu… - Algal research, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermochemical processes, including gasification, liquefaction, and pyrolysis, are promising
technologies for algal conversion. Gasification is effective to convert algal biomass into fuel …