Search Results - subject:"Microalgae"

Bioprocess considerations for microalgal-based wastewater treatment and biomass production

Zeng, Xianhai; Guo, Xiaoyi; Su, Gaomin; Danquah, Michael K. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 42 (2015) C, pp. 1385-1392

Nowadays, microalgae received wide attention due to several advantages for biochemicals and renewable …/sustainable biofuels production. Moreover, the utilization of microalgae as robust cellular species for biological nutrient removal from … of microalgae. This is due to the capacity for effective photosynthetic uptake of high concentrations of minerals …

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Non-enclosure methods for non-suspended microalgae cultivation: literature review and research needs

Katarzyna, Ledwoch; Sai, Gu; Singh, Oinam Avijeet - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 42 (2015) C, pp. 1418-1427

Microalgae are getting more interests from industry and science communities. Applications of these small, unicellular …-up. Scientists are investigating various methods of microalgae cultivation and processing to overcome those problems. One of the … novel approaches is the non-suspended method for microalgae culturing, where microalgae are grown on attached surfaces. …

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Techno-productive potential of photosynthetic microbial fuel cells through different configurations

ElMekawy, Ahmed; Hegab, Hanaa M.; Vanbroekhoven, Karolien; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 39 (2014) C, pp. 617-627

caused by CO2 emissions are major problems facing the world today. The use of microalgae to overcome these problems has … cells (PMFCs). Also, microalgae can support the efficient removal of phosphorus and nitrogen, as the MFC technology cannot …

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Integration of energy-efficient drying in microalgae utilization based on enhanced process integration

Aziz, Muhammad; Oda, Takuya; Kashiwagi, Takao - In: Energy 70 (2014) C, pp. 307-316

We propose an integration of drying with gasification and combined cycle-based power generation for microalgae. This … effectively in other processes. This improves the total energy efficiency. The microalga Chlorella sp. is selected for study …

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Process effect of microalgal-carbon dioxide fixation and biomass production: A review

Zhao, Bingtao; Su, Yaxin - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 31 (2014) C, pp. 121-132

Global warming caused by anthropogenic CO2 emission has been one of the most important issues in the fields of science, environment and even international economics and politics. To control and reduce CO2 emissions, intensive carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technologies have been...

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Enhancement of energy production efficiency from mixed biomass of Chlorella pyrenoidosa and cassava starch through combined hydrogen fermentation and methanogenesis

Xia, Ao; Cheng, Jun; Ding, Lingkan; Lin, Richen; Song, Wenlu - In: Applied Energy 120 (2014) C, pp. 23-30

To enhance energy production efficiency (EPE) from microalgae Chlorella pyrenoidosa (CP), cassava starch (CS) was mixed …

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Modeling maximum lipid productivity of microalgae: Review and next step

XU, Yaoyang; Boeing, Wiebke J. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 32 (2014) C, pp. 29-39

Microalgae are fast growing organisms and have the ability to accumulate lipid, which can be converted to biofuels … marine microalgae Nannochloropsis. Specific growth rate was reported by thirty publications often using exponential growth …

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Evaluation and optimization of two stage sequential in situ transesterification process for fatty acid methyl ester quantification from microalgae

Kumar, Vikram; Muthuraj, Muthusivaramapandian; … - In: Renewable Energy 68 (2014) C, pp. 560-569

This study demonstrates a direct transesterification (DT) method for reliable quantification of microalgal lipid. Primary screening of various transesterification methods and the types of biomass (wet, oven dried and lyophilized) were performed with heterotrophically grown Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG...

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Study on modelling microalgae growth in nitrogen-limited culture system for estimating biomass productivity

Yuan, Shuo; Zhou, Xinping; Chen, Ranchi; Song, Bao - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 34 (2014) C, pp. 525-535

Microalgae are considered as a promising biofuel resource to fix carbon dioxide (CO2) in the future. Modelling … microalgae growth is an effective method of studying the performance of microalgae growth manifested by the parameters including … dependence, and helping to control the culture of microalgae in artificial bioreactors. In this paper, the models of microalgae …

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Environment-enhancing algal biofuel production using wastewaters

Zhou, Wenguang; Chen, Paul; Min, Min; Ma, Xiaochen; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 36 (2014) C, pp. 256-269

can overcome techno-economic barriers and address serious sustainability concerns. Coupling microalgae cultivation with … research area covering utilization of different types of wastewaters as media for algae cultivation, microalgae selection …

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