The Science of Algal Fuels

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

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.

• Algal cultures
• Biotechnology
• Fuel
• Microalgae
• Seaweeds
• Cell culture

• Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory, Panacea, USA

  Richard Gordon

• University of Jerusalem, Efrat, Israel

  Joseph Seckbach

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