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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299600703321

Titolo

Energy from Microalgae  / / edited by Eduardo Jacob-Lopes, Leila Queiroz Zepka, Maria Isabel Queiroz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-69093-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Green Energy and Technology, , 1865-3529

Disciplina

333.95390973

Soggetti

Renewable energy resources

Biotechnology

Natural resources

Industrial engineering

Production engineering

Renewable and Green Energy

Natural Resource and Energy Economics

Industrial and Production Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introductory chapter -- 2. Microalgal production systems with highlights to energy balance -- 3. Life cycle assessment of biofuels from microalgae -- 4. The bioeconomy of microalgal biofuels -- 5. Process Integration applied to microalgal biofuels production -- 6. Process Intensification applied to microalgal biofuels production -- 7. Biofuels from microalgae -- 8. Recent patents on biofuels from microalgae.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the production and use of microalgal biomass and bioproducts for energy generation. It also offers extensive information on engineering approaches to energy production, such as process integration and process intensification in harnessing energy from microalgae. Issues related to the environment, food, chemicals and energy supply pose serious threats to nations’ success and stability. The challenge to provide for a rapidly growing global population has made it imperative



to find new technological routes to increase the production of consumables while also bearing in mind the biosphere’s ability to regenerate resources. Microbial biomass is a bioresource that provides effective solutions to these challenges. Divided into eight parts, the book explores microalgal production systems, life cycle assessment and the bio-economy of biofuels from microalgae, process integration and process intensification applied to microalgal biofuels production. In addition, it discusses the main fuel products obtained from microalgae, summarizing a range of useful energy products derived from algae-based systems, and outlines future developments. Given the book’s breadth of coverage and extensive bibliography, it offers an essential resource for researchers and industry professionals working in renewable energy.