Algal Biofuels Recent Advances and Future Prospects
This edited volume focuses on comprehensive state-of-the-art information about the practical aspects of cultivation, harvesting, biomass processing and biofuel production from algae. Chapters cover topics such as synthetic ecological engineering approache
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l Biofuels
Recent Advances and Future Prospects
Algal Biofuels
Sanjay Kumar Gupta • Anushree Malik Faizal Bux Editors
Algal Biofuels Recent Advances and Future Prospects
Editors Sanjay Kumar Gupta Environmental Engineering Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi, Delhi India
Anushree Malik Applied Microbiology Laboratory Centre for Rural Development and Technology Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi, Delhi India
Faizal Bux Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology Durban University of Technology Durban, South Africa
ISBN 978-3-319-51009-5 ISBN 978-3-319-51010-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-51010-1
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Preface
Algae are the first and most basic photosynthetic life-forms, and have more than 20 times higher growth rates than conventional crops. Microalgae, the simplest and tiniest form of plants, hold amazing potential for the sequestration of various nutrients from water to carbon dioxide from air. Algal biomass can be used for food, bioremediation, biofuels, and a number of speciality chemicals. These simplest of organisms hold great potential desperately required for sustainable and renewable management of food, fodder, and fuels, if managed in a scientific manner. Over the past few decades, tremendous developments have been made in the field of algal technologies. It include enhancement of algae cultivation techniques for biomass production, innovations in harvesting techniques, and development of efficient techniques for conversion of biomass to various biofuels. Simultaneously, efforts have been made to take advantage of multiple avenues of exploitation such as remed
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