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Algal Biorefineries

Volume 1: Cultivation of Cells and Products

Rakesh Bajpai, Aleš Prokop, Mark Zappi (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

324 Seiten

2013
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-007-7493-3 (ISBN)

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Over the past century, the majority of chemical and energy needs of our industrial society has originated from fossilized carbon sources (coal, crude oil, natural gas). Increasingly, there is a realization that utilization of the fossilized carbon sources has adverse environmental consequences in the form of increasing concentration of greenhouse gases. We are also becoming aware of the limited nature of these resources. As a result, considerable efforts are being made to produce chemicals and fuels from renewable resources such as forest products, agricultural residues and plant products. All of these systems capture solar energy and atmospheric carbon dioxide as a part of the natural carbon cycle. Serious research efforts are also underway, targeting cultivation of photosynthetic autotrophic microbes for the production of biomass and lipids. In this category, algae appears to offer the most potential for capturing solar energy and atmospheric carbon dioxide and delivering sufficient quantities of biomass/lipids that can offset the fossilized carbon utilization in a meaningful manner without impacting food output adversely. However, several advances, both technologically as well as politically, are needed before we can realize its full potential. It is also clear that a biorefinery approach must be undertaken in order to harvest renewable energy and chemicals from algae economically.
This edited, multi-authored volume on Algal Biorefineries will document new advances involving algae-based technology.

Status of Algae as Vehicles for Commercial Production of Fuels and Chemicals.- Algal Reactor Design Based on Comprehensive Modeling of Light and Mixing.- Low Cost Nutrients for Algae Cultivation.- Microalgae Bioreactors.- Micro Algae in Open Raceways.- High Density Outdoor Algae Culture.- Mixotrophic Algae Cultivation for Energy Production and Other Applications.- Engineering Photobiological H2-production.- Starch Overproduction by Means of Algae.- Oil Overproduction by Means of Microalgae.- Commercial Products from Algae.- Recovery of Lipids from Algae.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.10.2013
Zusatzinfo	34 Illustrations, color; 28 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 324 p. 62 illus., 34 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
Schlagworte	algae • algae production systems • cyanobacteria • light utilization • variety of algae products
ISBN-10	94-007-7493-1 / 9400774931
ISBN-13	978-94-007-7493-3 / 9789400774933
Zustand	Neuware