Microalgae-Based Biofuels and Bioproducts

From Feedstock Cultivation to End-Products
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-0-08-101023-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 1020 g

Microalgae-Based Biofuels and Bioproducts: From Feedstock Cultivation to End Products compiles contributions from authors from different areas and backgrounds who explore the cultivation and utilization of microalgae biomass for sustainable fuels and chemicals.

With a strong focus in emerging industrial and large scale applications, the book summarizes the new achievements in recent years in this field by critically evaluating developments in the field of algal biotechnology, whilst taking into account sustainability issues and techno-economic parameters. It includes information on microalgae cultivation, harvesting, and conversion processes for the production of liquid and gaseous biofuels, such as biogas, bioethanol, biodiesel and biohydrogen. Microalgae biorefinery and biotechnology applications, including for pharmaceuticals, its use as food and feed, and value added bioproducts are also covered.

This book's comprehensive scope makes it an ideal reference for both early stage and consolidated researchers, engineers and graduate students in the algal field, especially in energy, chemical and environmental engineering, biotechnology, biology and agriculture.

Zielgruppe

Researchers, professionals and graduate students in energy engineering, chemical engineering, biotechnology, environmental engineering and industrial engineering working with algal biofuels and bioproducts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muñoz, Raul

Gonzalez-Fernandez, Cristina

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Biogasanlagen, Energie aus Biomasse
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Brennstoffe, Kraftstoffe, Explosivstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Industrielle Biotechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Photobioreactors for the production of microalgae 2. Heterotrophic and mixotrophic microalgae cultivation 3. Microalgae cultivation in wastewater 4. Applications of genome-scale metabolic models to microalgae and cyanobacteria production systems 5. Harvesting of microalgae: overview of process options and their strengths and drawbacks 6. Cell Disruption Technologies 7. Biogas production from microalgae 8. Breakthroughs in bio-alcohol production from microalgae: Solving the hurdles 9. Biohydrogen production from microalgae 10. Biodiesel from Microalgae 11. Pyrolysis of microalgae for fuel production 12. Biogas upgrading using algal-bacterial processes 13. Synthetic biology of cyanobacteria for production of biofuels and high-value products 14. Biorefinery of algae: Technical and economic considerations 15. Microalgal proteins for food and feed 16. Microalgal Fatty acids-from harvesting till extraction 17. Cyanobacterial toxins as a high value added product 18. Trends in Red Biotechnology: Microalgae for Pharmaceutical Applications 19. Extraction of added-value compounds from microalgae 20. Economics of Microalgae Cultivation 21. Environmental impacts of mass-scale algae cultivation

Über Autor(innen)

Gonzalez-Fernandez, Cristina
Cristina Gonzalez-Fernandez received her PhD degree in Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology at the University of Valladolid (2008). She carried out her doctoral thesis in the field of livestock wastes treatment for the removal of organic matter by means of mechanical and photosynthetic oxygenation on the liquid matrix and biogas production on the solid matrix. Previously to that, she worked at the Environmental Engineering Department in the University of Cincinnati (USA) where she also obtained a Master on Environmental Science (2005). She got a postdoc position at the Biotechnology Lab in the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (LBE-INRA, France) to work on the optimization of biogas production using microalgae. Nowadays, her research is focused on the recovery of carbon from wastes via biotechnological means. She is co-author of around 100 scientific publications and reviewer of international journals. Additionally, she has been involved in European and national funded research projects, as well as projects with private companies. She has supervised 5 PhD Thesis, and 20 Master Thesis and Final Year Projects. Today, Cristina González is Associate Professor at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology of Valladolid University.