Microalgal Biomass for Bioenergy Applications. Woodhead Series in Bioenergy

Table of Contents

SECTION I Bioprospecting Microalgae: Availability, Suitability and Potentiality for Biofuel Applications 1. Microalgal Biofuels: From Biomass to Bioenergy 2. Microalgal Based Biofuels: Sources, Benefits and Constraints

SECTION II From Biomass to Biofuel: Conversion Technologies and Process Development in Microalgal Bioenergy Sector 3. Microalgal Farming for Biofuel Production: Extraction, Conversion and Characterization 4. Microalgal Biodiesel Properties Based on Fatty Acid Profiles: Modelling, Design and Optimization of Production Conditions 5. FAME Analysis of Microalgal Biomass from Waste Stabilization Ponds for Biofuel Purposes 6. Microalgal Liquid, Solid, and Gaseous Biofuels: Cultivation and Production Strategies for Biofuel Accumulation 7. Chemical, Biochemical and Thermochemical Conversion of Microalgal Biomass into Biofuel Generation 8. Biofuel Recovery from Microalgal Biomass through Hydrothermal Liquefaction 9. Hydrothermal Gasification of Microalgal Biomass for Bioenergy Applications 10. Microalgae Derived Biofuel Production via Nanocatalysis 11. Biodiesel Production from Microalgal Resources Harvest and Post-Harvest Technologies

SECTION III Microalgal Biofuels: Renewable, Sustainable, and Commercial Applications 12. Biofuels from Diatoms: A Sustainable Bioenergy Source in Post-Fossil Fuel Era 13. Microalgae as Sustainable Feedstock for Biofuel Production and Value-Added Coproducts 14. Microalgal Based Biodiesel and Its Lifecycle Assessment

SECTION IV Phycofuel Processing Technology: Technological Limitations and Future Perspectives 15. Biofuels from Microalgae: Growing Conditions, Cultivation Strategies, and Technical and Commercial Challenges 16. Developments, Challenges and Future Perspectives in Renewable Bioenergy Production using Microalgae 17. Cutting-Edge Approaches for Overcoming Challenges in Microalgal Biodiesel Production 18. Genetic Engineering of Microalgae for Production of Biofuels: Recent Progress and Practical Limitations

Authors

Jeyabalan Sangeetha Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala, India. Jeyabalan Sangeetha is an Assistant Professor at Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, India. She earned her BSc in Microbiology (2001) and PhD in Environmental Sciences (2010) from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. She holds an MSc in Environmental Sciences (2003) from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Between 2004 and 2008, she was the recipient of Tamil Nadu Government Scholarship and the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship of University Grants Commission, Government of India for doctoral studies. She served as Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow and UGC Postdoctoral Fellow at Karnatak University, Dharwad, South India during 2012-2016 with funding from University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi. She has carried out her doctoral and postdoctoral research in the fields of microbiology and metagenomics respectively. Devarajan Thangadurai Professor, Department of Botany, Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. Devarajan Thangadurai is a Professor at Karnatak University, Dharwad in India and did his postdoctoral research at the University of Madeira, Portugal, University of Delhi, India, and ICAR National Research Centre for Banana, India. He is the recipient of Best Young Scientist Award with Gold Medal from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, and the VGST-SMYSR Young Scientist Award of the Government of Karnataka, India. He has keen interest and expertise in the fields of biodiversity and biotechnology, genetics, and genomics of beneficial microbes for biofuel production towards sustainable environment. He has authored and edited more than thirty-five books including Phycobiotechnology, Algal Genetic Resources, Microalgal Biotechnology, Seaweed Biotechnology, Algal Metabolites, Algal Farming, and Bioprospecting Algae for Nanosized Materials with international scientific publishers in USA, Canada, Switzerland, and India.