TY  - BOOK
AU  - Borowitzka,Michael A.
AU  - Moheimani,Navid R.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Algae for Biofuels and Energy
T2  - Developments in Applied Phycology
SN  - 9789400754799
AV  - GE300-350 
U1  - 333.7 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Dordrecht
PB  - Springer Netherlands, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Environment
KW  - Renewable energy resources
KW  - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Alternate energy sources
KW  - Green energy industries
KW  - Environmental management
KW  - Environmental engineering
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Marine sciences
KW  - Freshwater
KW  - Environmental Management
KW  - Renewable and Green Energy
KW  - Marine & Freshwater Sciences
KW  - Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
N1  - 1. Energy from microalgae: A short history -- 2. Algal lipids and their metabolism -- 3. Hydrogenases, nitrogenases, anoxia, and H2 production in water-oxidizing phototrophs -- 4. Species and strain selection -- 5. Limits to phototrophic growth in dense culture: CO2 supply and light -- 6. Genetic engineering to improve algal biofuels production -- 7. Photobioreactors for microalgae biofuel production -- 8. Open pond culture systems -- 9. Wastewater treatment and algal biofuel production -- 10. Harvesting, thickening and dewatering microalgae biomass -- 11. Solvent extraction for microalgae lipids -- 12. Production and properties of biodiesel from algal oils -- 13. Energy considerations of photobioreactors -- 14. Greenhouse gas balance and algae-based biodiesel -- 15. Techno-economic modelling for biofuels from microalgae -- 16. Basic methods for measuring algae growth and composition
N2  - Microalgae are one of the most studied potential sources of biofuels and bioenergy. This book covers the key steps in the production of renewable biofuels from microalgae - strain selection, culture systems, inorganic carbon utilisation, lipid metabolism and quality, hydrogen production, genetic engineering, biomass harvesting, extraction.  Greenhouse gas and techno-economic modelling are reviewed as is the 100 year history of microalgae as sources of biofuels and of commercial-scale microalgae culture. A summary of relevant basic standard methods used in the study of microalgae culture is provided. The book is intended for the expert and those starting work in the field
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5479-9
ER  -