Title | Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and AstrobiologyThe Science of Algal FuelsIntegrated Approach to Algae Production for Biofuel Utilizing Robust Algal Species |
Publication Type | Book Chapter |
Year of Publication | 2012 |
Authors | Dahiya, A |
Editor | Gordon, R, Seckbach, J |
Volume | 25 |
Pagination | 83 - 100 |
Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
City | Dordrecht |
ISBN Number | 978-94-007-5109-5 |
ISBN | 1566-0400 |
Abstract | Cost-effectiveness of algal biomass production for oil can be significantly improved by integrating the algal culturing with waste treatment such as commercial/agricultural wastewater treatment, carbon-dioxide/flue recovery, and production of valued by-products, such as feedstock for biogas, organic fertilizer, and proteinaceous feed for animals. This approach would require oleaginous algal strains that can out-compete a diverse array of native wild species and are least sensitive to environmental changes. Selection of algae species for biofuel robustness of species plays especially important role. A perspective of mass culturing of selectively isolated robust oleaginous algal species in wastewaters is provided here, and the challenges in growing high-end oleaginous algae in wastewater media are discussed. |
URL | http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-94-007-5110-1_5.pdf |
DOI | 10.1007/978-94-007-5110-1_5 |
Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and AstrobiologyThe Science of Algal FuelsIntegrated Approach to Algae Production for Biofuel Utilizing Robust Algal Species
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Published
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RACC
Grant Year:
Year2
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