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The Science of Algal Fuels

Phycology, Geology, Biophotonics, Genomics and Nanotechnology

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Richard Gordon

    1. Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory, Panacea, USA

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  2. Joseph Seckbach

    1. University of Jerusalem, Efrat, Israel

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Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology (COLE, volume 25)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiii
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  2. Methods and Ways of Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. METHODS AND WAYS OF RESEARCH

    1. Quitting Cold Turkey: Rapid Oil Independence for the USA

      • Richard Gordon, Bryan J. Poulin
      Pages 3-20

    2. Algal Biorefinery: Sustainable Production of Biofuels and Aquaculture Feed?

      • Faruq Ahmed, Yan Li, Peer M. Schenk
      Pages 21-41

    3. Approaches and Prospectives for Algal Fuel

      • Amit Kumar Bajhaiya, M. R. Suseela, P. W. Ramteke
      Pages 43-62

    4. From Isolation of Potential Microalgal Strains to Strain Engineering for Biofuel

      • Poonam Bhargava, Krishna Mohan Medicherla
      Pages 63-81

    5. Integrated Approach to Algae Production for Biofuel Utilizing Robust Algal Species

      • Anju Dahiya
      Pages 83-100

    6. Biological Constraints on the Production of Microalgal-Based Biofuels

      • John G. Day, Michele S. Stanley
      Pages 101-129

    7. Adapting Mass Algaculture for a Northern Climate

      • Jesse C. McNichol, Patrick J. McGinn
      Pages 131-146

    8. Nanotechnology for Algal Biofuels

      • Mrunalini V. Pattarkine, Vikram M. Pattarkine
      Pages 147-163

    9. From Algae to Biofuel: Engineering Aspects

      • Vikram M. Pattarkine, Dheeban Chakravarthi Kannan
      Pages 165-175

    10. Making Fuel from Algae: Identifying Fact Amid Fiction

      • Christopher J. Rhodes
      Pages 177-192

    11. Algal Oils: Biosynthesis and Uses

      • Moran Topf, Mordechai Tavassi, Yael Kinel-Tahan, David Iluz, Zvy Dubinsky, Yaron Yehoshua
      Pages 193-214

    12. Biofuel Production from Algae Through Integrated Biorefinery

      • Dinabandhu Sahoo, Savindra Kumar, Geetanjali Elangbam, Salam Sonia Devi
      Pages 215-230

  4. Production of Biodiesels and Hydrogen

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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  5. PRODUCTION OF BIODIESELS AND HYDROGEN

    1. Dinoflagellates as Feedstock for Biodiesel Production

      • Claudio Fuentes Grünewald
      Pages 233-254

    2. Biodiesel Production from Microalgae: Methods for Microalgal Lipid Assessment with Emphasis on the Use of Flow Cytometry

      • M. Teresa Lopes Da Silva, Alberto Reis
      Pages 255-267

    3. Approaches and Perspectives About Biodiesel and Oil Production Using Algae in Mexico

      • Rafael Riosmena Rodriguez, Bertha Olivia Arredondo-Vega, Teodoro Reynoso Granados, Miguel Cordoba, Juan Manuel López Vivas, Jorge Manuel Lopez-Calderon
      Pages 269-282

    4. Biodiesel Production from Microalgae: A Mapping of Articles and Patents

      • Angela Machado Rocha, Dinabandhu Sahoo, Tiago Ferrer, Cristina Quintella, Ednildo Torres
      Pages 283-303

    5. Biotechnology of Hydrogen Production with the Microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

      • Giuseppe Torzillo, Cecilia Faraloni, Luca Giannelli
      Pages 305-320
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory, Panacea, USA

    Richard Gordon

  • University of Jerusalem, Efrat, Israel

    Joseph Seckbach

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