Algal Biomass: Physical Pretreatments | Algal Biomass: Physical Pretreatments: Chapter 11
2015
Passos, Fabiana | Uggetti, Enrica | Carrère, Hélène | Ferrer, Ivet | GEMMA – Group of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology, Department of Hydraulic, Maritime and Environmental Engineering ; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya = Université polytechnique de Catalogne [Barcelona] (UPC) | Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement [Narbonne] (LBE) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro) | Sangeeta, Negi | Ashok Pandey | Parameswaran Binod | Christion Larroche
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显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]英语. This chapter gives an overview of physical pretreatments applied for enhancing microalgae biofuel production. It is divided into five sections: (1) microalgal biomass, (2) applications, (3) potential biofuels, (4) pretreatments and (5) energy and environmental assessment. First, a general description on microalgae characteristics, structure and classification is given. Secondly, the main microalgae applications are described, with focus on microalgae biofuels: biodiesel, biogas, biohydrogen and bioethanol. Attention is focused on physical pretreatments for improving microalgae biofuels production, including thermal pretreatments (low temperature, high temperature and high temperature with steam explosion) and mechanical pretreatments (ultrasound, microwave, bead mill and high-pressure homogenizer). Finally, energy and environmental aspects for evaluating full-scale viability are addressed.
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