3rd Generation Biofuels. Disruptive Technologies to Enable Commercial Production. Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy

Table of Contents

Part I Fundamentals 1. The choice of algae strain for the biofuel production: Native, genetically modified or microbial consortia 2. Criteria for the development of culture media applied to microalgae-based fuels production 3. Genome editing approaches applied to microalgae-based fuels 4. Biochemical engineering approaches to enhance production of microalgae-based fuels

Part II From upstream to downstream processing 5. Impact of culture conditions on the microalgae-based fuels production 6. Strategies for process control applied to microalgae-based fuels production 7. Carbon dioxide capture and use to produce microalgae-based fuels 8. Wastewater, reclaimed water, and seawater in the production of microalga-based fuels 9. Unit operations applied to solid-liquid separation in microalgae-based processes 10. Unit operations applied to dry of microalgal biomass 11. Unit operations applied to cell disruption of microalgae 12. Process integration approaches applied to microalgal biofuels production 13. Process intensification techniques applied to microalgal biofuels production 14. Biofuels and chemicals from microalgae 15. Biorefinery of the microalgae-based products 16. Topology analysis of the 3rd generation biofuels 17. Nanotechnology approaches to enhance the development of biofuels from microalgae 18. Waste-to-energy approaches applied to microalgae-based systems

Part III Microalgae-based energy products 19. Biodiesel from microalgae 20. Bioethanol from microalgae 21. Biomethane from microalgae 22. Biohydrogen from microalgae 23. Biobutanol from microalgae 24. Syngas from microalgae 25. Volatile organic compounds from microalgae 26. Biochar from microalgae 27. Production of renewable aviation fuel from microalgae 28. Direct combustion of microalgae biomass to generate bioelectricity 29. Microalgae-microbial fuel cells

Part IV Policy, regulatory, economic, intellectual property, and environmental aspects 30. Energy policies in the context of the third-generation biofuels 31. Global profile and market potentials of the 3rd generation biofuels 32. Third-generation biofuels and food security 33. Bioeconomy of microalgae-based fuels 34. Cost-benefit analysis of third-generation biofuels 35. Environmental indicators of the microalgae-based fuels 36. Exergy analysis of the third-generation biofuels 37. Intellectual property and innovation in the context of the 3rd generation biofuels 38. Socio-economic aspects of the 3rd generation biofuels 39. Social acceptance of 3rd generation biofuels

Part V Pilot projects and demonstration-scale: Case studies for biofuels production 40. Production of microalgae on source separated human urine 41. Practical guide to algal biomass production for biofuels and what can we learn from past successes and failures? 42. Challenges for microalgae cultivation in sugarcane processing wastewater (vinasse) for biodiesel production: from the bench to pilot-scale 43. The experiences of success and failure in the hybrid photobioreactors 44. The experiences of success and failure in the pilot and real scale photosynthetic biogas production 45. Best practices for bio-crude oil production at pilot-scale using continuous flow reactors

Authors

Eduardo Jacob-Lopes Associate Professor, Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil. Prof. Eduardo Jacob-Lopes is currently associate professor at the Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil. He has more than 18 years of teaching and research experience. He is a technical and scientific consultant of several companies, agencies, and scientific journals. He has more than 600 publications/communications and has registered 15 patents. His research interest includes biotechnology and bioengineering with emphasis on microalgal biotechnology. Leila Queiroz Zepka Associate Professor, Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil. Dr. Leila Queiroz Zepka is currently an Associate professor at the Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). She has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. She has published more than 500 scientific publications/communications, which include 10 books, 50 book chapters, 100 original research papers, 350 research communications in national and international conferences, and 12 patents. She is a member of the editorial board of 5 journals and acts as a reviewer for several national and international journals. Her research interest includes microalgal biotechnology with an emphasis on microalgae-based products. Ihana Aguiar Severo Researcher, Sustainable Energy Research and Development Center (NPDEAS), Federal University of Paran�, Brazil. Dr. Ihana Aguiar Severo is currently a researcher at the Sustainable Energy Research and Development Center (NPDEAS), Federal University of Paran�, Brazil. She has published more than 60 scientific publications/communications, which include book chapters, original research papers, research communications in national and international conferences, and patents. She acts as a reviewer for several international journals. Her research interests include microalgae-based processes and products with an emphasis on process integration. Mariana Manzoni Maroneze Researcher, Institute of Biotechnology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.. Dr. Mariana Manzoni Maroneze is currently a researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico. She has published more than 65 scientific publications/communications, which include a book, book chapters, original research papers, research communications in national and international conferences, and patents. She acts as a reviewer for several international journals. Her research focuses on microalgae-based process and products.