Screen LibraryAlgae biotechnology : products and processes /
This book examines the utilization of algae for the development of useful products and processes with the emphasis towards green technologies and processes, and the requirements to make these viable. Serving as a complete reference guide to the production of biofuels and other value added products f...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | [Cham], Switzerland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Green energy and technology,
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| Summary: |
This book examines the utilization of algae for the development of useful products and processes with the emphasis towards green technologies and processes, and the requirements to make these viable. Serving as a complete reference guide to the production of biofuels and other value added products from micro and macro algae, it covers various aspects of algal biotechnology from the basics to large scale cultivation, harvesting and processing for a variety of products. It is authored and edited by respected world experts in the field of algal biotechnology and provides the most up to date and |
| Carrier Form: | vi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9783319123332 3319123335 |
| Index Number: | TP248 |
| CLC: | TK6 |
| Call Number: | TK6/N111 |
| Contents: | Microalgae cultivation fundamentals -- Large scale production of algal biomass: Raceway ponds -- Large scale production of algal biomass: Photobioreactors -- Commercial production of macroalgae -- Harvesting of microalgal biomass -- Extraction and conversion of microalgal lipids -- Techno-economics of algal biodiesel -- Fuel alcohols from microalgae -- Microalgae for aviation fuels -- Biohydrogen from microalgae -- Biogas from algae via anaerobic digestion -- Food and feed applications of algae -- Microalgae applications in wastewater treatment -- Major commercial products from micro- and ma |