Biomass and Biofuels from Microalgae

Past, present and future of microalgae cultivation developments.- Application of Various Immobilization Techniques for Algal Bioprocesses.- Potentials of exploiting heterotrophic metabolism for biodiesel oil production by microalgae.- Culture systems incorporating heterotrophic metabolism for biodiesel oil production by microalgae.- Wastewater as a source of nutrients for microalgae biomass production.- Algae-Based Wastewater Treatment for Biofuel Production: Processes, Species and Extraction Methods.- CO2 environmental bioremediation by microalgae.- Prospective applications of synthetic biology for algal bioproduct optimization.- Molecular Genetic Techniques for Algal Bioengineering.- Towards Applications of Genomics and Metabolic Modeling to Improve Algal Biomass Productivity.- Genetic Engineering for Microalgae Strain Improvement in Relation to Biocrude Production Systems.- Harvesting of microalgae by means of flocculation.- Industrial-scale microalgae pond primary dewatering chemistry for energy-efficient auto-flocculation.- Harvesting and downstream processing - and their economics.- Potential of Converting Solar Energy to Electricity and Chemical Energy.- The anaerobic digestion of microalgae biomass, "Life-cycle Environmental Impacts of Biofuels and Co-products".- Economic and energy modelling for large scale algae production.

"This book trully presents some of the most promising existing microalgal biomass growth technologies and summarizes some of the novel methodologies for sustainable and commercial microalgae production. ... each chapter is written in a very clear and concise way, having also a selective but rich bibliography. I am positively sure ... that the editors' sentence 'We trust the reader will enjoy the book as much as we enjoyed writing and editing it.' is TRUE." (Prof. Ioan I. Ardelean, Bulletin of Micro and Nanoelectrotechnologies, Vol. 7 (3-4), 2015)