Biofuels from Microalgae: Towards Meeting Advanced Fuel Standards

摘要: Continued reliance on fossil fuel reserves as the primary energy resource is increasingly becoming unsustainable, owing to need for: minimal exposure associate price volatility, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by conservation, and deployment cleaner locally produced feedstock (including recovery from waste). Based current knowledge technology projections, third-generation biofuels (low input-high yielding feedstock) specifically derived microalgae are considered be viable alternative resource. They devoid major drawbacks associated with first-generation (mainly terrestrial crops, e.g. sugarcane, sugar beet, maize rapeseed) second-generation (derived lignocellulosic crops agricultural forest biomass residues). This chapter focuses technologies underpinning microalgae-to-biofuels production systems, evaluates scale-up commercial potential biofuel production, including benchmarking standards. It articulates importance integrating high-value fractions in a biorefinery concept. also addresses sustainability through synergistic coupling propagation techniques CO2 sequestration bioremediation wastewater treatment for mitigation environmental impacts conversion utilisation.