A Biorefinery Approach to Algal Biomass Conversation for Biofuels and Bioproducts

Table of Contents

Section I: Algae 1. Microalgae and macroalgae 2. Taxonomy 3. Microbiology 4. Availability and abundance 5. Photosynthesis Section II: Biorefinery 6. Fundamentals 7. State of the art in biofuel production 8. Spent biomass utilization 9. Economics Section III: Biomass Conversion and its bioproducts 10. Bioethanol 11. Biomethane 12. Biohydrogen 13. Biobutanol 14. Bio-oil 15. Biochar 16. Syngas 17. Commercial success stories: case studies, process engineering, large-scale difficulties and advantages Section IV: Integrated Biorefinery 18. Zero waste concept 19. CO2 sequestration through algal biomass production 20. Integration of wastewater treatment along with algal biomass production 21. Hybridization of solar photovoltaics with algal biomass production 22. Other feedstocks to be considered along with algae for sustainability Section V: Sustainability Evaluation 23. Technoeconomic and life cycle analysis for microalgae biomass conversion under biorefinery approach 24. Global policies 25. Political impacts and environmental impacts 26. Future prospects, summary and conclusion

Authors

Kaustubha Mohanty Professor of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India. Kaustubha Mohanty has a Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and is currently working as a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. His key research areas are biofuels, bioseparation, biological wastewater treatment, membrane technology, microalgae biorefinery and biomass pyrolysis. He has published more than 130 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited one book on Membrane Technology & Applications. He has supervised twelve Ph.D students and fifteen more are currently pursuing their Ph.D research under his supervision. He is an Editor of the Journal of Chemistry; Associate Editor of The Journal of Institution of Engineers (India) Series: E; Associate Editor of the Research Journal of Environmental Sciences; Review Editor of Frontiers in Bioenergy and Biofuel, and Editorial board member of various other journals. He was recently admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK and Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India). He is also a Member of the Society of Chemical Industry, London; Member of Canadian Society for Chemical Engineers and Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. Satya Sundar Mohanty Post Doctoral Researcher, School of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India. Dr. Satya Sundar Mohanty is currently engaged as the Postdoctoral research fellow at School of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati. He is on academic leave from Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore where he is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, School of Agriculture and Biosciences. He did his M.Tech and Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology Rourkela. He has published his research works in several peer reviewed journals of international repute. His area of interest includes environmental biotechnology, wastewater treatment technologies, bio-valorization of industrial wastes, optimization techniques, bioprocess engineering and bioreactor designing. He has earned accolades in various national and international forum for the presentation of his research works.