Microalgal Biomass for Bioenergy Applications presents current methods, practical applications, and research trends on diverse biofuel products from microalgae. This comprehensive book provides analyses of microalgal biology, chemical and molecular engineering techniques to scale-up algal biomass processes and biofuels conversion, and economic feasibility of value-added bioenergy co-products from a variety of microalgal strains. Sections cover microalgal biomass availability, suitability, potential for biofuel applications, scientific and methodical aspects of biomass harvesting, sustainable and commercial applications of microalgal biofuels, including LCA, and the technological limitations and future perspectives on microalgal biofuels.
Each section offers in-depth knowledge on the fundamental and practical aspects with reference to biofuels and bioenergy production from microalgae. This book will be a valuable update for students, researchers and industry professionals working in bioenergy, and will be of interest to microbial and environmental scientists and phycologists interested in practical applications for microalgae.
- Reviews all aspects of microalgal biodiversity and its structure in context of cultivation, conversation, harvesting and advantages over other conventional biomass
- Examines key steps and integrated approaches to enhance biofuels production from microalgae
- Explains the fundamentals, practical aspects, and scale-up techniques for the production of biogas, bioethanol, biodiesel, biohydrogen and biobutanol from microalgal biomass
- Includes breakthroughs, recent advances and challenges in microalgal biomass processing as feedstock for renewable biofuels
- Analyzes chemical and molecular engineering techniques to scale-up algal biomass processes and biofuels conversion, and the economic feasibility of value-added bioenergy co-products from a variety of microalgal strains
SECTION I Bioprospecting Microalgae: Availability, Suitability and
Potentiality for Biofuel Applications
1. Microalgal Biofuels: From Biomass to Bioenergy
2. Microalgal Based Biofuels: Sources, Benefits and Constraints
SECTION II From Biomass to Biofuel: Conversion Technologies and Process
Development in Microalgal Bioenergy Sector
3. Microalgal Farming for Biofuel Production: Extraction, Conversion and
Characterization
4. Microalgal Biodiesel Properties Based on Fatty Acid Profiles: Modelling,
Design and Optimization of Production Conditions
5. FAME Analysis of Microalgal Biomass from Waste Stabilization Ponds for
Biofuel Purposes
6. Microalgal Liquid, Solid, and Gaseous Biofuels: Cultivation and Production
Strategies for Biofuel Accumulation
7. Chemical, Biochemical and Thermochemical Conversion of Microalgal Biomass
into Biofuel Generation
8. Biofuel Recovery from Microalgal Biomass through Hydrothermal
Liquefaction
9. Hydrothermal Gasification of Microalgal Biomass for Bioenergy
Applications
10. Microalgae Derived Biofuel Production via Nanocatalysis
11. Biodiesel Production from Microalgal Resources Harvest and Post-Harvest
Technologies
SECTION III Microalgal Biofuels: Renewable, Sustainable, and Commercial
Applications
12. Biofuels from Diatoms: A Sustainable Bioenergy Source in Post-Fossil Fuel
Era
13. Microalgae as Sustainable Feedstock for Biofuel Production and
Value-Added Coproducts
14. Microalgal Based Biodiesel and Its Lifecycle Assessment
SECTION IV Phycofuel Processing Technology: Technological Limitations and
Future Perspectives
15. Biofuels from Microalgae: Growing Conditions, Cultivation Strategies, and
Technical and Commercial Challenges
16. Developments, Challenges and Future Perspectives in Renewable Bioenergy
Production using Microalgae
17. Cutting-Edge Approaches for Overcoming Challenges in Microalgal Biodiesel
Production
18. Genetic Engineering of Microalgae for Production of Biofuels: Recent
Progress and Practical Limitations
Jeyabalan Sangeetha is an Assistant Professor at Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, India. She earned her BSc in Microbiology (2001) and PhD in Environmental Sciences (2010) from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. She holds an MSc in Environmental Sciences (2003) from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Between 2004 and 2008, she was the recipient of Tamil Nadu Government Scholarship and the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship of University Grants Commission, Government of India for doctoral studies. She served as Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow and UGC Postdoctoral Fellow at Karnatak University, Dharwad, South India during 2012-2016 with funding from University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi. She has carried out her doctoral and postdoctoral research in the fields of microbiology and metagenomics respectively. Devarajan Thangadurai is a Professor at Karnatak University, Dharwad in India and did his postdoctoral research at the University of Madeira, Portugal, University of Delhi, India, and ICAR National Research Centre for Banana, India. He is the recipient of Best Young Scientist Award with Gold Medal from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, and the VGST-SMYSR Young Scientist Award of the Government of Karnataka, India. He has keen interest and expertise in the fields of biodiversity and biotechnology, genetics, and genomics of beneficial microbes for biofuel production towards sustainable environment. He has authored and edited more than thirty-five books including Phycobiotechnology, Algal Genetic Resources, Microalgal Biotechnology, Seaweed Biotechnology, Algal Metabolites, Algal Farming, and Bioprospecting Algae for Nanosized Materials with international scientific publishers in USA, Canada, Switzerland, and India.
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