The Science of Algal Fuels

Phycology, Geology, Biophotonics, Genomics and Nanotechnology
2012
ISBN: 978-94-007-9913-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 506 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1099 g

Reihe: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology

This volume, The Science of Algal Fuels (volume 25 of COLE), contains 26 chapters dealing with biofuels contributed by experts from numerous countries and covers several aspects of algal products, one being “oilgae from algae,” mainly oils and fuels for engines. Among the prominent algal groups that participate in this process are the diatoms and green algae (Chlorophyceae). Their metabolism and breeding play an important role in biomass and extraction of crude oil and algal fuel. There is a strong relation between solar energy influencing algal culture and the photobiology of lipid metabolism. Currently, many international meetings and conferences on biofuel are taking place in many countries, and several new books and proceedings of conferences have appeared on this topic. All this indicates that this field is “hot” and in the forefront of applied bioscience.

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Seckbach, Joseph

Gordon, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenreproduktion, Verbreitung, Genetik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Phykologie, Algen, Flechten, Lichen
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Biotechnologie: Mikrotechnologie, Nanobiotechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication.- Introduction to The Science of Algal Fuels: Psychology, Geology, Biophotonics, Genomics and Nanotechnology.- Preface to The Science of Algal Fuels: Psychology, Geology, Biophotonics, Genomics and Nanotechnology.- Foreword: The Production of Algal Biofuels.- Acknowledgements.- PART 1:METHODS AND WAYS OF RESEARCH.- Quitting cold turkey: rapid oil independence for the USA.- Algal biorefinery: sustainable production of biofuels and aquaculture feed?.- Approaches and prospectives for algal fuel.- From isolation of potential microalgal strains to strain engineering for biofuel.- Integrated approach to algae production for biofuel utilizing robust algal species.- Biological constraints on the production of microalgal-based biofuels.- Adapting mass algaculture for a northern climate.- Nanotechnology for algal biofuels.- From algae to biofuel - engineering aspects.- Making fuel from algae: identifying fact amid fiction.- Algal oils: biosynthesis and uses.- Algal biofuel production through integrated biorefinery.- PART 2: PRODUCTION OF BIODIESELS AND HYDROGEN.- Dinoflagellates as feedstock for biodiesel production.- Biodiesel production from microalgae: methods for microalgal lipid assessment with emphasis on the use of flow cytometry.- Approaches to and perspectives on biodiesel and oil production using algae in Mexico.- Biodiesel production from microalgae: a mapping of articles and patents; Biotechnology of hydrogen production with the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; PART 3: ALGAE FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION.- How to breed diatoms: examination of two species with contrasting reproductive biology.- Fuel from seaweeds: rationale and feasibility.- The contribution of diatoms to worldwide crude oil deposits.- Photobiology and lipid metabolism in algae.- Metabolic pathways in green algae with potential value for biofuels production.- PART 4: FROM WASTE WATER TO FUEL PRODUCTION.- Wastewater treatment pond algal production for biofuel.- Wastewater treatmentintegrated with algae production for biofuel.- Sub-and supercritical water based processes for microalgae to biofuels.