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- Discusses recent advances and future challenges
- Includes basic and applied research
- Richly illustrated throughout
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies (BBT, volume 2)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This comprehensive book details the most recent advances in the microalgae biological sciences and engineering technologies for biomass and biofuel production in order to meet the ongoing need for new and affordable sources of food, chemicals and energy for future generations. The chapters explore new microalgae cultivation techniques, including solid (biofilm) systems, and heterotrophic production methods, while also critically investigating topics such as combining wastewater as a source of nutrients, the effect of CO2 on growth, and converting biomass to methane through anaerobic digestion. The book highlights innovative bioproduct optimization and molecular genetic techniques, applications of genomics and metabolomics, and the genetic engineering of microalgae strains targeting biocrude production. The latest developments in microalgae harvesting and dewatering technologies, which combine biomass production with electricity generation, are presented, along with detailed techno-economic modeling. This extensive volume was written by respected experts in their fields and is intended for a wide audience of researchers and engineers.
Reviews
“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)
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Algae R&D Centre, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
Navid R. Moheimani
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School of Engineering and Information Technology, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
Mark P. McHenry, Karne de Boer, Parisa A. Bahri
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomass and Biofuels from Microalgae
Book Subtitle: Advances in Engineering and Biology
Editors: Navid R. Moheimani, Mark P. McHenry, Karne de Boer, Parisa A. Bahri
Series Title: Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16640-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-16639-1Published: 22 April 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34868-1Published: 05 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-16640-7Published: 11 April 2015
Series ISSN: 2363-7609
Series E-ISSN: 2363-7617
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 373
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Microbiology, Renewable and Green Energy, Applied Microbiology