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This book offers complete coverage of microalgae refineries, including biology, production techniques, biotechnological applications, economic perspectives of applications, and environmental effects of microalgae cultivation. It also summarizes the strategies and future perspectives of microalgal refineries with circular bioeconomy concepts.
List of contents
1. Genetic Engineering in Improving the Output of Algal Biorefinery 2. Recent Development in Microalgal Cultivation and Biomass Harvesting Methods 3. Application of Microalgae for CO2 Mitigation and Sequestration of Flue Gas 4. Microalgae-Based Nutrient Recovery from Urban Wastewater 5. Microalgal Metal Remediation from Industrial Wastewater 6. Application of Microalgae for Removal of Pharmaceuticals from Aqueous Matrices 7. C1-Proteins Prospect for Production of Industrial Proteins and Protein-Based Materials from Methane 8. Microalgal Consortia and Their Biotechnological Applications 9. Algae from Extremophilic Conditions and Their Potential Applications 10. LCA: A Tool to Develop Sustainable Microalgal Biorefineries 11. Commercial Operation of Algal Technology: A Case Study and Techno-Economic Analysis
About the author
Obulisamy Parthiba Karthikeyan (OPK) is currently working as a research assistant professor at University of Houston, Texas, USA.
Sanjeet Mehariya, PhD, is working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials, Environment, Sapienza - University of Rome, Italy to produce nutraceuticals from oleaginous microalgae.
Shashi Kant Bhatia is working as an Associate Professor in Department of Biological Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea.
Summary
This book offers complete coverage of microalgae refineries, including biology, production techniques, biotechnological applications, economic perspectives of applications, and environmental effects of microalgae cultivation. It also summarizes the strategies and future perspectives of microalgal refineries with circular bioeconomy concepts.
