Biodiesel from microalgae

Chung Hong Tan; Dillirani Nagarajan; Pau Loke Show; Jo Shu Chang

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-816856-1.00025-7

Biodiesel from microalgae

Chung Hong Tan, Dillirani Nagarajan, Pau Loke Show, Jo Shu Chang

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

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Abstract

The solution to solving both the global energy crisis and global warming is the development and promotion of renewable and sustainable biofuels. Creating biofuels from food crops, energy crops, and lignocellulosic biomass have their own disadvantages. To counter these drawbacks, microalgal biofuels were introduced and microalgal biodiesel was found to be a promising alternative for petro-diesel. However, every new technology comes with their downsides and microalgal biodiesel is no different. Numerous researches and studies are being performed globally in hopes of overcoming the huge technological hurdles facing the commercialization of microalgal biodiesel. In this chapter, we will review and discuss the barriers as well as recent advances in microalgae-based biodiesel.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals
Subtitle of host publication	Biofuels: Alternative Feedstocks and Conversion Processes for the Production of Liquid and Gaseous Biofuels
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	601-628
Number of pages	28
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128168561
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816856-1.00025-7
State	Published - 1 Jan 2019

Keywords

Biodiesel
Biofuels
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Microalgae
Photobioreactors
Transesterification

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Biodiesel from microalgae

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